SORRY!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!!
Ok so I know I promised a bunch of you and update, yesterday, but i can't find my camera's wire so I can't upload my pictures and I have hundreds of pictures!!! I'm actually in Taiwan right now so I also have really spotty internet connection too! The second I find my wire I will update and I will be doing it regularly since I have finished my college applications!! Yay! I'm so sorry for the long delay but real life has kind of sucked a little. Im hoping within the next few days I will put up the first update!! Thanks for your patience!!

FOOD

Okay so i just put together some of my pictures of the food I've been eating or have seen.
The most delicious Curry Udon... sorry half eaten.

 This is a bento box that I bought from the downstairs of the apartment. It has a hamburger steak, fried chicken, curry Croquette and pork. It was really good.

 This was bought at the convenience store, Lawsons, that is about a block away. I had no idea what it was when I bought it but it was good. haha It was some kind of pasta thing. The convenience store people even heated it up for me.

 This was at a grocery store somewhere. But look this delicious fresh sashimi is only about 5 bucks.

 This is at the food floor at SOGO department store. These bento boxes have Kani (Crab), ikura (Fish eggs) and Sashimi in them. They range in prices from about 650 yen (7 dollars) to 1500 (17 dollars).

 This is the one I ended up buying. It has Crab, egg, seaweed, salmon, scallop, ikura, and UNI and rice on the bottom. This was probably the best meal I had yet. It was soo good. even the rice was perfect. Yumm...

 This is the Ton Katsu I had with my mom at the place we go at least once every time we come to Japan. It's in Kyoto, right next to the JR station. This time I ordered pork and croquette combination.

 My mom ordered the shrimp combination. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE SHRIMP... (please note that the batter is a REALLY REALLY thin layer. THAT IS ALLLLLL SHRIMP)

 Crazy right? It dwarfs the chopsticks.

 Fruits here are cray expensive. That group of grapes cost 1500 yen (17 dollars) haha that TINY stem of grapes. psycho.

 Here are sushi rolls.I thought this was cool because they are kind of like the ones at Masu. but just with better sashimi and more choices. They are definitely on my list of things to try.

DAY 5

Day 5- 11/15/10
Today was the first day of class for me at Clark Foreign Language School. I have class in the afternoon on Monday through Friday.  Each day of the week I have a different teacher except on Friday I have my Tuesday teacher. Oh and it is private tutoring. This is the indoor strip that houses my school. My school is on the 7th floor. It is a very busy place with LOTS AND LOTS of SHOPPING!!!

 Here is the back entrance of my school. The ones below of are my classroom.

 Hiragana practice.

 This is the JR station outside of the strip where my school is.

 Dinner. Sorry I forgot to take a picture before I ate so you get half of my meal. Again it is Kaki (Oyster) Fry, Pork, and shrimp.

DAY 4

Day 4-

I ventured to Kyoto with my uncle, mom and aunt. Instead of taking JR my mom and I took Hankyu another train system. (Sorry if the pictures are blurry i was moving)

 This is the Hankyu train line. We were on it for about an hour and a half.

 This it Umeda Train Station where we transferred Trains. It is HUGE. There were about 10 lines.

 This is the Takeshimaya Department Store  in Kyoto. This it the Food Floor.

 I saw my first Mini Cooper today :)

 ONE bagel here costs almost 2 dollars!!! Crazy.

 We went to a nearby alley for lunch. This alley has a lot of restaurants.

 This is a Japanese Restaurant and apparently they only serve regulars. There are a lot of there in Kyoto.

 We had lunch in a Japanese styled Western food restaurant.

 This was a really good soup even though I didn't know what it really was. Maybe mushroom?

 The lightest and fluffiest bread I had ever had.

This was my mom's main course. Ebi Fry. Shrimp Fry.

 This was my Aunt's main course. Ginger Pork.

 This was my uncle and my main course. Chicken. It was really good. The chicken was pan fried to perfection. MMM...

 This is the street that the restaurant we ate at is on.

 Here is the restaurant we ate at. Kaiyotei. That is my uncle and my mom.

This river is like a date river... haha couples come here on dates. Super cute. In the summer time the water rises really high right up to under the houses.

This is one of the buildings on this famous street in Kyoto that I can't remember the name of.

There were a lot of people. There are a lot of small boutiques on the street with Japanese souvenirs.

This is an interesting story. It is Japanese tradition that children at the ages 3, 5, and 7 go to the temple and ask for good luck. I got to see many little kids dressed up in adorable traditional Japanese outfits. Kind of like the one below. The following pictures are of the two temples that I visited and some of the scenic fall views in the area.

This is the train platform at Kyoto JR station on a Sunday afternoon. It was so packed and crazy.

The train was so full that I swear it was like 90 degrees in there. It is the only place in Japan where they turn on the air conditioner even in winter.