Mr. Roboto

Ahhh! I am totally in Japan right now.

We were planning on going to Thailand after school let out in China- we bought the tickets, bought a travel guide, couldn't wait to plan it all out- until Thailand went totally batshit crazy and closed all the airports and started a coup d'etats (is that how you spell that? is that what I mean? Im currently typing on a japanese computer so Id spellcheck but I dont know that Id get anywhere).

Luckily, everything was recovered and refunded and rescheduled and we are totally in Japan right now! Ahhh!

Im travelling with my buddy Rachel. We just left Tokyo. Heavens. Tokyo. Wow. I once thought that New York was the coolest city on the planet- a city to rival all others- but I was sorely mistaken. Tokyo is lightyears beyond cool. Everything in Tokyo looks like its from the future. Its amazing. Its like Logans run with Asian people. Also pretty much anything doubles as a stuffed animal. Oh, you thought this was a just cell phone? Boom! It is also a hello kitty doll. And everything is so clean! I think Japanese people must have higher occurances of OCD than just about any other nationality on the planet becuase everything sparkles. I mean, I would gladly eat my dinner off of this hotel lobby floor right now. No question.

And the toilets! First of all, not to go into the specifics, but for all intents and purposes Chinas toilets are not much more than holes in the ground. And those are the good ones! Those ones are far better than the ones where you tinkle into a troft (is that how you spell that? Again, my condolences) Plus, in China, they dont have toilet paper in the bathrooms so you have to buy it at the supermarket and then carry it around with you wherever you go. In Japan, the toilets are like big robo potties. They play music and have seat warmers and give you a back massage. Theyre amazing.

Right now we are in Osaka. We are visiting our buddy Yue, who is from here but studies Chinese Opera with us at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Se was in the movie Battle Royale so shes pretty bigi in Japan- literally. Shes pretty much the greatest. She just took us to one of those sushi restaurants where everything goes around on a little conveyeur belt. Great fun. And soon we are going to Kyoto. Ill write again when I can!!