9 Days...

Less than a week and a half! Holy crap!

I finally heard back from Tei. He assured me that staying with him and his family is a great idea. He even gave me detailed train directions from Narita International to his home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. That's just outside Tokyo, for those of you who aren't familiar with Japan's geography. The only caveat to that is trying to come up with suitable gifts to give his family, as per tradition.

I still have yet to carve my plan in stone, as it were. I have added some things that I definitely cannot miss, but there is just so much I want to see and do. It's hard to decide what to do with the limited time I will have there.

I have received a few contributions for my trip, and for those I am extremely grateful. I have enough money now to purchase my JR Pass, and still have money to buy cool stuff I find.

I am counting the days. Maybe I'll make a paper advent chain...