Where we live

I live in Shinjuku, one of the 23 wards in Tokyo, Japan. I think home of the world's largest train station (Shinjuku Station).If you like big crowded cities, Tokyo's the place for you. The subway and train system really rocks. Lots of things to do, lots of GREAT food. Lots of attractive, well-dressed women. LOTS OF PEOPLE.(Generally) missing are: green stuff, people who like the outdoors, people who enjoy slow things, people who show concern when another person is in trouble.I live in a TINY apartment with my girlfriend. We've got plenty of roaches, a catwoman who feeds the strays outside of OUR apartment and under our bikes, instead of anywhere near hers. We have a landlord who charges us for any problem here, which is the standard here.We have a fresh tofu shop 20 seconds away, an old woman running a candy store 45 seconds away, a fresh vegetable shop and fish shops 15 seconds away. And we live in a very quiet section of town. They're all run by very kind elderly people.It's Golden Week. That means everybody is off from work. It's a mess out there. We travelled to Yokohama (a nearby city) to visit the "Ramen Museum", where you can try famous ramen from across Japan. After fighting (literally) through crowds to get on / off the train, to exit the station, and to walk on the sidewalk to the museum, we were told it would take 1 hour to enter the museum, and 1-1.5 hours to wait to get a bowl of ramen from any of the shops. That's 4 hours of waiting just to compare two bowls of ramen. So we returned to Shinjuku and had Tokyo-style ramen. So is the life here.It's a big city. If you like the big city life, you're gonna love Tokyo. I'm more of a country boy. I miss rock climbing. But I enjoy learning, and this is certainly a learning experience for me.AbE: Changed author to "regular" mode. What a rookie.This message has been edited by Ben, 05/05/2005 06:31 AM