I've been sitting on a few pictures from my trip to Japan and I thought I ought to get them posted before they disappear into the cobwebs of my mind. I'll put the collection here and hopefully at some point I'll add the titles and descriptions. Also, its probably in reverse order, so until vox lets me custom order these, you'll have to go back in time to view these properly:
These are from the first Saturday I was in Tokyo. About 11 people came out to take me walking around some interesting old neighborhoods in northeast Tokyo, just above Ueno park. We walked around some of the neighborhoods and had a great lunch in a small restaurant in the area.
Afterward, we did as much shopping as the rain would let us and then took the train to Kaminogoya-san and Okubo-san's new apartment. We watched a DVD of this show called "Game Center CX" where this guy plays an old school video game straight through for 24 hours.
When dinnertime came around we went to an okonomiyaki (a japanese noodle pancake) where we got to make three styles of okonomiyaki ourselves! Despite the rain, I had a great time on this day.