After a long, long flight on the amazing Boeing 777, and a 90 minute charter bus trip to Hirakata City from Kansai International Airport in Osaka, I am finally in Japan. I arrived at the school at around 5:30pm, Osaka time. The plane ride was long, but at least it was on a 777. We got about 4 meals, and there were TV screens on the back of each chair. When I arrived, it was cloudy, as it had been raining all day. Osaka, a the moment, is quite warm and extremely humid. When I was riding on the charter bus from the airport, I had a very surreal feeling. Thoughts such as, "Going 500 miles per hour, it would still take me 17 hours to get home." Compared the the large American cities I've visited,
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