Japanese Bling

Yesterday in Japanese 3, the teacher was wearing her massive bling. She has this medallion about the size of a baby's head that she wears from time to time. It has a picture of the aztec calendar on it. Most of the class I imagine her taking it and smacking people around with it like she is in a blaxploitation film. Japanese women like their bling.

Today after class instead of going straight back I stopped off at one of the stops before my stop. It's pretty amazing that I've been here for 2 months and I haven't probably even seen 10% of this city. The stop I was at was Sasazuka. I saw a sign for "used clothing store" and it looked genuine so I decided to check it out. Lies. This nation needs a consumer reporting service for lies. Far too often adverts for places have little to do with the actual goods they sell. For example, "The Yen Shop" is actually a real estate business. Anyway, this place ended up being a store that sold stuff from africa. And it was all new. And not all clothes. But the rest of the area ended up being pretty good. I found a store with 1500 yen jeans. Pretty much a steal in Japan where just regular jeans don't normally go for less than 7000 yen.

I just got my postcard in the mail from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, which means I get to make another fun visit there next wednesday. But I'll be a legal worker. Right now I'm pretty much equal to the mexican lawnmowing business. Just call me Juan.