Today is the day we leave the comfort of Tokyo. We are bound for Kyoto by bullet train. I will try to post more pictures from the train.

Aaron totally came through on helping get me my very own Japanese phone. It’s a simple pre-paid deal through SoftBank/Vodaphone. Now I feel much more connected to Japan.

The other upside is that I can now remotely post to this page. I was up until 3am getting it all set up, but it works great now. Expect more random, short posts with pictures.

With this phone, I now have an email address. Email sent to this phone is received by me as a text message. These text messages are free so people can send short notes if they want. My email address is cheeselick_2614@softbank.ne.jp.  I’ll try to reply with a picture or something.

This is a test from my new phone.