Good morning, Tokyo.

We arrived in Tokyo yesterday, hopped on a very civilized bus to our hotel and promptly headed into the office to meet with our moderator and coworkers here. Post-meeting, Asia and I ran to Muji for a quick shopping spree. Asia had been raving about Muji forever, but I'd never been. It's amazing. Super clean, simple design for pretty much anything you could ever want or need in life. Remember how fun it was to buy school supplies when you were little? I bought 7 notebooks yesterday and plan to go back to buy more (hope y'all like notebooks for gifts! ha.). They're perfect. I could go nuts in there.

After the Muji-spree, we went to dinner with a couple of folks from the office here. We ate like maniacs, talked about all sorts of good stuff and generally had a good time. It was incredibly nice to a) see friendly faces and b) NOT talk about this project. After dinner we stopped at a 7-11 and had another mini shopping spree: pre-packages starbucks lattes for this morning (yum) and ice cream for everyone, which we proceeded to eat while walking home in the balmy Tokyo night. Life is good.

Tokyo, 7:30 AM. View from my bed.

And this is how I woke up this morning. Not a bad way to start the day.

We have a very busy day today, but plenty of time for exploring tomorrow. So looking forward to it. Then more work on Saturday and home on Sunday. Very excited.

xo