One Month!

So Gary and I have officially been here for one month! It's hard to believe, in some ways it feels like we've been here longer in that we already feel pretty comfortable in the city, getting around etc. It doesn't feel TOO foreign actually. That could just be because we've lived in other countries before too, I don't know. We've accomplished a lot on getting the feel of some of Tokyo...this city is HUGE and it will take us a LONG time to see all of it, if we ever manage that even! There are still areas of Mexico City we didn't see after living there for 7 years.. though we covered most of it!  We have 2 months left on our tourist visas and we are working on trying to change our residency status from tourist to resident. We hope to do that from Japan and avoid a trip back Stateside to finish the paperwork, hope we can do that as I'm anxious to get an apartment and get started on Church stuff!
Anyway, we had to run some errands the other day, we got a bit turned around in one of the subway stations (trust me, this is easy to do!) but we eventually made our way to our appointment. Afterwards, since we were near that side of town we stopped to do a little more exploring in Shibuya during the daytime this time. It was every bit as busy!

 

                                        I did manage to run into an old friend! 

Mr. Peanut and I!

 
We were getting hungry so started looking for a place to get a bite to eat.. we ran across a couple of interesting places, including this one...

 

Yeah, we DIDN'T eat there!

 

 

Then we found Che Guevarra advertising this... hmmmm.

 

It's probably some special communist powder stuff.

 

 

Yesterday, Gary and I were at a convenience store and I saw a tasty looking treat. it looked like a pocky stick thing, which I love!

 

 

But then I noticed the cute little cartoon puppy on the package and a little seal with a doggy picture on it...SO ClOSE! Even Japanese doggy snacks are Cute!

 

BTW, if you just happen to go into a public toilet equipped for the Disabled, and if you just happen to push a button thinking it's to Flush, it MIGHT turn out to be a button to call for help instead and you might suddenly have a lady talking to you in Japanese and IF you get nervous and don't answer.. they might just send a security person to see if you need help...