Tokyo, here I come!

Tokyo here I come!

leaving Oita,Tokyo

Just hopped on a bus to Fukuoka, for my transfer to Tokyo! I'm so excited to spend a week in Tokyo, mainly because I will see my beautiful friends from Sydney- Anne, Mikey, Holly, and hopefully Amy!!

I'm also anticipating the sites (eg Skytree-the tallest building in Japan), food (if you know me, you will know this also involves a lot of photo taking), bars and clubs (seeing as Oita has none!).

Also, I'm staying at two really nice hostels, so I can't wait to meet new people. And, a TOKYO NYE! Should be fun!

Having lived in the so called "inaka"- 田舎〜 country-side for 5 months straight now (all the locals will protest where I live is the countryside- ahhh, we have a Louis Vuitton...), I think the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, my usual place of staying when I visited Japan, will now be quite a shock!

I'm excited to HAVE to use my Japanese- none of my practically fluent friends in Oita to help me out!

I'm on a bit of a high, partly because I got 5 hours sleep and it's just before 6 in the morning, and partly because I am happy that I successfully rang for my cab, and spoke to the taxi driver for a teeny bit. He told me that I spoke well and my accent was really good! Hoorah!

But of course, being me, when I was at the counter of the convenience store buying a hot lemonade to kill time (and also because my throat is all owwy :-( ), I thought the guy at the cash register asked where I was going. I mean, he looked down at my luggage as he said it. I excitedly told him in Japanese that I was going to Tokyo. As soon as I said it, I instantly realised he actually asked me IF I WANTED A PLASTIC BAG. He kindly carried on, as if I hadn't made such a stupid error.

I guess you win some and lose some!

Sayonara Oita~ ittekimasu!
さよなら 大分！ いってきます！(・Д・)ノ