With a little bit of free time before I take the bus out of this small town, I decided it's time to make an entry here... well... more specifically due to not having access to my own site from this computer. It's been quite a week and I was very successful at getting the reference photos I wanted for some of the architectural designs I'll be doing in IMA (and this was only three days into the trip, at that!).

Now I find myself armed with a tale that I will actually write about... a first, I know. For the few of you who are familiar with how I write, expect this to be just as long if not longer... and I don't even want to think how long this will take to type out at the moment. At the very least, now I have the opportunity to swap stories about traveling to Japan with another individual who I'm going to have to believe will weave a tale far more bizarre and outlandish than my own experience but I'll do my best to entertain her, nevertheless.

So look forward to reading: 'Japan: A Traveler's Guide For People Who Don't Read Guides.' I'll post it both on [link] and as an entry here. And yes, I know, why would someone who doesn't read up on a country they want to visit read this... but that's exactly the point!