Sumimasen means "I'm sorry" in Japanese. It is the single most important word in the country, because everybody is sorry here...all the time. Learn it. I'm sorry for many things, including constantly bumping into people on the trains here, but at the moment I'm sorry for not finding time to post all my Tokyo pictures. Sumimasen! They are coming, I promise.
In the meantime, let me tell you about Japanese hospitality. I just came back from my "Welcome Party," where everyone at the lab took me out to dinner and drinks. They called me "The King" all night and the crazy amounts of food and drink were all covered for me. I was treated to a feast of Japanese delicacies, including many different kinds of sake and all sorts of fresh seafood and they refused to let me pay a yen. Even at the "Second Party" that some of the students decided to throw, they refused any payment from me. My favourite was the deep fried squid tentacles. That's the best bar food there is.
Full update on my weekend Tokyo rampage, with plenty of pictures, coming soon. Sumimasen.
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