Hi Everyone !
Japan is amazing! I'm totally loving it. At the moment, we're still at the Tokyo Keio Plaza hotel - luxurious as. I've been meeting lots of other JETS and going on great adventures through Tokyo. It's so Japanese! gotta go now - byeeeee I`m just going to add here that after Tokyo I travelled by bullet train to Osaka where I boarded a bus and eventually got to Hyogo prefecture where all the ALT JETS met there supervisors and proceeded to their respective areas.

Today we arrived in Tokyo. After flying via Sydney. The weather is humid and warm, rather nice actually. I have been spending time with my friend Malcolm, we have been adventuring about Tokyo. We had the real deal Japanese sushi experience at a great little sushi bar for lunch. One of the ones where the variety of sushi revolves round on a conveyor and you select which pieces you want. They even had green tea on tap! We went and visited what looked like an art gallery and were invited to join a japanese green tea ceremony! Malcolm and I practiced our japanese with about 4 middle aged japanese women who were very kind and hospitable. After that we saw a bit of youth culture with a BMX stunt competition. Japanese teens doing flips and stuff on bikes to a greatly enthusiastic commentator and heaps of video cameras. Japan is very high tech. It's amazing! Malcolm was given omiyage / gift by the tea ceremony ladies. Now we're back at the hotel, have ironed our suits and are preparing for another adventure! We've got the JET orientation over the next few days... the hotel is very luxurious!

Hi Everyone, this is the place where I will update my life to you from Japan. Feel free to come by and check it out. I don't even know what it is yet and I'm looking forward to finding out!

At the moment, I'm still in Wellington waiting for the big plane flight on Saturday to Tokyo. We've got a final pre-departure orientation here at the Japanese Embassy and then that's it for NZ.

I've got most of my essential possessions down to a pack and a briefcase so everything is light and useful.

When I get to Japan, I'll start typing in here as soon as my Internet connection (ISP) is setup at my new apartment! I'm travelling to Okawachi where I will be teaching English language to secondary and elementary school students. The town has a population of about 8,000 and is up in the mountains of the Hyogo prefecture, about an 1.5 hours by train to Himeji, Kobe and then Osaka. I'll be there in less than a week so it's not far away!

Wow, looking forward to it!

by for now,

David.