Tokyo

I've only been in Japan a little over a day so far, but my initial impressions are, essentially, it's rad.

Totally impressed and eager to see more. All that being said, I'm currently in a pretty bad mood because

1. I haven't had enough to eat in two days
2. I don't have any money

The Japanese really don't know what to do with vegetarians. I'm not even sure there's a word for it. One of the Japanese kids here had to think pretty seriously for a while what the best way to even ask for a meat-free meal was. More over, I'm in a REALLY bad mood because apparently vegetarians aren't allowed to have cake. I'm super hungry and everyone else gets this buffet meal, the vegetarians get this little tray with a bowl of water-based soup, a tiny salad, and an egg. Later they brought out this tray of gourmet chocolate cake and the lady literally took it out of my hand. Vegetarians get a strawberry and a slice of honey-dew. :-| I nearly cried.

I don't have any money because there aren't many ATMs and the only one I have found that was useable doesn't take visa cards. I've been to 12 countries and I've never not been able to use my visa....it's my fail-safe for getting cash in the correct currency at the best exchange rate. So now I owe a couple nice people 2000 yen for train tickets and I have nothing else..... so....if no one gets a postcard, that's what's up.