Tokyo

This is my first post from Japan!

I just arrived in Tokyo Monday afternoon after an 11 hour flight from SFO. The flight itself was pretty uneventful, except for the fact that I saw Driveshaft the band getting on the plane. Lost fans will know what I'm talking about. I'll attach a picture.

After arriving at the airport, I met up with a friend and we took the subway back to Tokyo (two hours! - Narita is far from the main Tokyo center) and to the hotel I'm staying at - the Cerulean Tokyu Tower. Awesome hotel, people are really polite and the room is pretty neat. The bathroom is a little weird, only pictures can describe it.

Afterwards, we went out to grab a bite to eat. Went to a ramen place - they have these places like all over. They're tiny restaurants, this one held maybe 10 people max, and all the seats are bar seats. On the other side of the bar is the kitchen area, where they make the noodles for you. They were really good noodles. Good thing my friend could read and speak Japanese, because, not surprisingly, the menus are in Japanese and I had no idea what the items were. But the food was great! The ramen here is just plain yummy.

The next day was work, followed by a nice dinner out to a sort of fusion French/Japanese restaurant. Food was good, and we had some shochu and sake to go along with it. Followed with a bottle of wine with colleagues at the rooftop bar with a great view on Shibuya. As part of work, we visited a KDDI (Japan's #2 mobile provider) store, where they have a 5 story building dedicated to selling cell phones. There are video games there, and stamping stations where you collect stamps to earn a chance at winning a prize. I didn't the prize (a KDDI branded towel), but instead got a set of tissues.

Today has been more work so far, and will be heading out tonight to Asakusa and a famous temple.