It has been seven years since I was last in Japan, but I'm back! When I last updated this blog, I had just turned 21 and was a junior in college; now, I'm 27. How time flies. At this point, I've been in Tokyo for two weeks, out of a total of twelve. Having landed at about 3:00 p.m., I took an express train to Shinjuku, where I proceeded to search for the leasing office. This would have been much less difficult and stressful had I not been carrying seventy pounds of luggage. Then it started raining. The fun of the night was just beginning, though, first of all, because, as anyone who has traversed it knows, Shinjuku Station is a a crowded labyrinth. I spent several hours there, attempting to find my way to the
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