Big City Lights

Today was also our first adventure out on the subway. A group of four teachers took the subway to a district in Tokyo called Shinjuku. Once there, we wandered past the dizzying array of lights looking for a sushi joint. Unfortunately, none of my techie friends are here to show me how to rotate this photo of the city lights, so you'll have to look at it lying on your side. Think of it as Jet Lag art. I was able to rotate it in iphoto, but it changes upon placement in here. We found a sushi restaurant, and we feasted on tuna, shrimp, and white fish sushi. The waitstaff, who spoke several English words to add to our group vocabulary of about 20 Japanese words, graciously helped us order.

Lucky for us, we found one of my favorite things in the subway station-a photo booth!-to capture the occassion. Some of you may know that besides fireworks, parades, and bubble machines, I really love group photos in the old fashioned photo booth.