ANOTHER DAY IN TOKYO

GOOD MORNING, 201!
IT IS ONLY 4:30 AND I AM UP AGAIN FOR THE DAY. I GUESS I AM JUST TOO EXCITED TO SLEEP.
ANYWAY, YESTERDAY WAS A VERY INTERESTING DAY. I LEARNED ALL ABOUT TEACHING MATH IN JAPAN. I EVEN BOUGHT US 2 JAPANESE MATH BOOKS. GUESS WHAT? SECOND GRADERS IN JAPAN DO THE SAME TYPE OF WORK AS WE DO!! HOW COOL IS THAT! THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL SHOW JUST FOR US. IT WAS AN OLD FASHIONED JAPANESE THEATER, 3 MEN SINGING VERY STRANGELY AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN DANCING WITH A FAN. HER DANCE TOLD A STORY, BUT IT WAS IN JAPANESE, SO I DONT' KNOW WHAT THE STORY WAS. I DID TAKE A VIDEO, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PUT IT ON THIS BLOG. BUT, YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS! AFTER THE SHOW WE WENT TO ANOTHER SECTION OF TOWN. THIS SECTION WAS ALSO WONDERFUL. IT WAS SO BUSY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE SHOPPING. I WENT TO THE 100 YEN SHOP. YEN IS THE JAPANESE WORD FOR MONEY. SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK 100 YEN MEANS? YUP, I WENT TO A JAPANESE DOLLAR STORE, IT HAD 4 FLOORS. I HAD SO MUCH FUN!! YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY I SPENT BUYING PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE AT HOME, INCLUDING ROOM 201. I AM GETTING GOOD REPORTS ABOUT YOU GUYS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!! AFTER SHOPPING MY FRIEND AND I HAD PIZZA. THEIR PIZZA IS LIKE OURS, EXCEPT THE JAPANESE LOVE POTATOES. SO, WE HAD PIZZA WITH POTATOES. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS GOOD!! AFTER DINNER WE STOPPED TO BUY ICE CREAM AND A SODA. WE WALKED WHILE WE ATE IT, JUST LIKE I WOULD DO IN AMERICA. BUT, THERE WAS A PROBLEM...... THERE WERE NO TRASH CANS ANYWHERE ON THE STREET TO THROW OUT THE TRASH. NO WHERE, SO WE PUT THE TRASH IN OUR SHOPPING BAGS. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL I ASKED WHY I SAW NO TRASH CANS. THE PEOPLE AT THE HOTEL TOLD ME IT IS BECAUSE THE JAPANESE PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN EATING, DRINKING AND WALKING. IF THEY BUY A SNACK ON THE STREET THEY SIT TO EAT IT AND THEN THROW THE TRASH AWAY AT THE RESTAURANT OR ICE CREAM SHOP. OOOPS, AM BAD!! ALSO, THERE IS NO TRASH ON THE STREETS, ON THE SIDEWALK, ANYWHERE. EVERYBODY RESPECTS THE CITY AND TAKES CARE OF IT. EVERYBODY IN JAPAN WALKS ON A CERTAIN SIDE. PEOPLE GOING, WALK ON THE RIGHT, PEOPLE LEAVING WALK ON THE LEFT. SAME WITH STEPS. PEOPLE WALKING UP WALK ON ONE SIDE, PEOPLE WALKING DOWN, ON THE OTHER SIDE. I THINK WE NEED THOSE DIRECTIONS AT SCHOOL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I AM GOING TO POST MY NEW PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY.

TODAY I AM GOING TO ANOTHER CITY. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE A SUBWAY AND THEN A TRAIN TO GET THERE. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ANOTHER JAPANESE CITY AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
LOVE,
MRS. WILLNER