Only a few more days left. :-(

Highlights of Japan, so far (we still have a few days left):

- Akihabara at dusk
- Mos Burger
- Shinjuku station at morning rush hour
- Bullet Train ride to Hiroshima and Kyoto
- Watching two Americans getting mobbed by Japanese schoolgirls in Kyoto (complete with schoolgirls yelling in unison when they said goodbye)
- Schoolchildren saying hello to us (sounded more like "Harro") in Hiroshima, only to have their shyness show through when I responded
- Tears in Hiroshima at the sight of the A-bomb dome
- Old woman praying for our happiness when she saw our sadness.
- Nicole overhearing drunk people on the Yamanote line train saying "they shouldn't allow foreigners on JR trains." This is funny considering how polite Japanese are when sober. I read somewhere that alcohol is used in Japanese society as a way to remove politeness. I really do feel like an alien here, in some situations. I'm used to being stared at, but everybody here looks at us.

I'm going to miss Japan. No matter how expensive it is, how crowded it is, or how different we are.

And, here's a picture of the trip so far. From Akihabara. More coming soon.