Writings on the train ride 6/18

Music in the ears and lip flesh between my teeth, I reflect on the last four days here in this strange country. I rest beside Michael as he feverishly writes his take in the trip thus far. I'm hesitant to write because I am more interested in blogging it all when we make it back to Tokyo-but we've slacked off on it this far...

Being here makes me feel inept in so many ways! Not artistic enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough or motivated enough (these people have so much energy to be all of this!)...I realize we are so fortunate living in the U.S. in many ways. I of course know this, but going to other countries merely reminds me. Do you know that their phone bill for cells are ~$400?! Many people we met have no computer and don't know the term email...Sure-in vanity wise the U.S. is more triumphant, but Japan reigns in modesty (besides their fashion and technology...) in culture, history and scenery. The people are super nice too-some are just too bashful to speak English (and many don't know English surprisingly...)

I wish I could convey how beautiful it looks outside. This fog is translucently thick and kissing the canopy of trees. I can feel the moisture within the air even within this trains' compartment. It's quiet and calm outdoors and even indoors-the only sounds I hear are the musical influences projecting from my earphones, the sounds of our pens etching ink onto the noto, shuffling bodies within their seats and the whooshing wind rolling off the tumbling train down the engraved rail tracks. Okay...so it may seem noisy-but it isn't.

We're heading back to Tokyo for our money. Michael didn't bring all of our money for our backpacking expenditure and we are dangerously low...so we must return to the four hour speed racer of a train back to our fancy hotel-chill out for the night in our hotel and then our plan is to leave bright and early tomorrow for Kyoto, Nara and Hiroshima and some how/ some where sleep.

We've had a lot of great food thus far-but I have been feeling rather heavy lately and I believe it's from all the meat I've been consuming. I feel rather drabby so we're going to google for veggie houses.

God! I feel like we've done so much (which is absolutely true) and that it would take forever to recap it! I'm going to try, though.