Spiderman 3

Tday me and Aaron went to see Spiderman 3 at Ropongi Hills, which is a "foriegn" mall. It's kind of like a city within a city; if you have alot of money you could live, shop, eat, work, and problably die there. You might have to go to school somewhere else...

We watched Spiderman in english with Japanese subtitles ... which made me wonder about the implications of Holywood's influance on the world. I mean the movie was packed, completely sold out. A foriegn film would never sell out in America, at least not in huge movie theater like the one I was in.

We ate at a chinese resturant, which Japanese people love because chinese food (real chinese food) is delicious. I had dumplings which were exquisit and only 600 en (6.00 dolars) Japan seems to be the Land of Tasty snacks. The snacks here are sooooo good. Pocky and kowala choclates and ice cream everywhere, which is a good thing, because Japanese traditional cooking seems to be a time for adventure. Japanese food tends to tast odd, give interesting sensations, or is still alive. I'm not saying it's bad, but sometimes I'd just like my meals dead and cooked.

I sometimes get discuraged by my train rides. Today aman started to sit down when he saw I was sitting next to him and he backed off. A while ago a mother tried to get her two kids to sit next to me, but they were to scared. I am a big scarry gaijin (forener) and I had fore-knowlage of this kind of thing, but it's the first time I've been a racial minority in a country and it's not the most comforting of experiances.

As a last thought, it is amazing how little japanese you need to know to survive in this country. Most menus have pictures to point at or tickets to buy. A quick "Domo" and bow solves nearly any problem and poniting helps too. Oh and it turns out Cash is a universal language.