15 Jun 94 - at Tobu Narita Holiday Inn.  7 am.

Here I am, half a day away (by time zones) from NC.  The flight over was
okay - the food - lunch of chicken and pasta w/ a side of rice rolled in
seaweed.  The chicken was good, the rice rolls were way too salty.  Got a
breakfast of soba (my first time) - they weren't that bad - I kind of
liked the sauce.  

So far I haven't used my Japanese at all - everything is in Japanese and
English and people have been helpful.  I've found it useful to wear a
confused expression (esp. since I really =am= confused.)  

Jet lag was really hard.  By 7 last night I was getting unable to stand.
Though some guys from the program that I met asked if I wanted to go out
on the town with them, I decided just to sleep, sleep, sleep.  Since they
don't have daylight savings time, the sky starts getting light at 4 am or
so.  Since I wake up w/ the sun, usu., this is really rough.  

Coming into Tokyo, one can see a clearly defined haze - I can see why
sometimes there's a warning for kids to stay inside.  Not much has really
happened and due to all the English & the American style of the hotel,
it's hard to believe that I'm in Japan already.
 