Intimidated!

 We landed at the airport, got our train passes and headed to the apartment. That part was easy. The train system that we were on had the stop announcements in Japanese and English, which was a relief. We met our rental host, Makoto, at the station and he couldn’t have been more friendly. Pointing out different restaurants and the grocery store. Giving us the lay of the land. We got settled in our apartment and hit the streets to explore.

That was intimidating! The thought of going in and ordering at a restaurant or walking into a storefront was overwhelming. The streets were bustling! It is a very cool neighborhood loads of restaurants down every street and pachinko parlors. Which are essentially slot machine parlors. We finally did go into the supermarket. Picked up some essentials, coffee, beer a little dinner in their prepared foods section.
Today we will have to go into a restaurant. I suspect once we get into the heart of things and out of the suburb there will be more English on the menus or pictures!

For now, here is the early morning view from our apartment