JIJ Vol 001 - First post from japan

I have arrived safely in Japan a few days ago. Right now I am sittingin an internet type of cafe at HMV CD store out in Shibuya (Tokyoarea). After this my friend Sue and I are planning to go to Ginza,Asakusa and Ueno.The past three days have been really busy and very hot! the air outhere is hot and humid. Yesterday, we went to Odaiba to see Fuji TV,Palette Town, and a few shopping malls.We also went to the beach and touched the pacific ocean from this sideof the world. it was fantastic. what was really fun at the beach waswatching all the fish close to shore make these amazing leaps into theair and then back into the water.the landscape here in japan has been amazing - i kinda wished I hadbrought a botanical book of all the plants in japan but unfortunatelymy luggage has been too heavy.Some of you might know that we (my travelling buddy Sue, and I) areHUGE fans of T.M. Revolution (a japanese pop singer -http://www.tm-revolution.com ) and on Sunday we went to AjinomotoStadium and went to the A-vex nation 2005 summer concert. We listenedto T.M. Revolution sing six songs, and afterwards we went with ourjapanese friends to an Izakaya.an Izakaya is a japanese style resturant where they serve snack typeof foods and alcoholic/non alcoholic drinks. its generally for peopleto gather, eat and drink, and talk a lot. we did this with ourjapanese friends on Saturday night and Sunday night. Then on Mondaywe went to Odaiba as mentioned before, after that we went into Tokyoand hung out at one of the smaller Fuji TV stations to watch T.M.Revolution arrive for his night time radio show "All Night Nippon".So we have been running around like crazy.
i have to say the transportaion is amazing out here... though we tendto get a little lost, we have been managing very well getting out toplaces. so after this we will embark on the rest of todays trip. ihope everyone is doing well and i hope to email soon again. takecare