Osaka at a first glance

hi every one. its october the 27th here, but it is october the 26th in edmonton. The past few days have felt like a game to us, walking around seeing the sites. In the morning we have certain tasks to do. For eg. get towels, dish soap and tweezer. For us to complete those tasks, it was alot of fun, alot of searching, and alot of talking slowly with our hands trying to communicate in japanese. it is so weird to be in a place where there is so little english. This is indeed a great adventure for me and shiv because we are really out in the world on our own. It is a great lesson in patience and independence. yesterday i went to the corner store my our house all by myself and got us food for breakfast. It may not seem like a big feat but it was really interesting and hard to communciate. But it was a great experience. Today we did an ever bigger adventure. We had to navigate the osaka sub way and get to the chou ward (city hall type place) to register as aliens ( foreigners in japan). we found a hundred yen store and got some food and clipboards. so much fun making our way around this new land. We are cleaning the apt right now, packing our stuff away and making lunch. OH! by the way we got our 1st encounter with a eastern toilet today. It was in a japanese office building. and it was on the floor. So you squat down and go pee. so nutty, but awkwardly efficient!!!

love jan and shiv!