We have been in Japan for four days so far. Every second is so crazy and exiting. As it is my first time outside of the United States, everything seems so cool. The trains play music before the doors close and their toilets are so high tech! During the past four days we have been to many places in Tokyo such as Shibuya, Harujuku and Akihabara, Kamakura, Shirakawago, and Gokayama. We went shopping a lot in Tokyo and I was able to buy a lot of really cool stuff. My favorite thing we did in Tokyo was visit a realllly pretty park. The reason I liked it so much was because they had sakura trees. I had feared before we left for Japan that, as sakura season was reaching a close, we wouldn't have gotten to see any. For once being proven wrong was the greatest delight. The trees were so pretty! In Kamakura we visited a big Buddha statue which was also very pretty. I got to go inside the Buddha and bought a good luck charm for myself. We also visited a Shinto shrine the same day. Shirakawago and Gokayama were a bit different from all the other places we went because it was very traditional. We stayed in an inn and ate traditional Japanese food and slept on futon. My favorite part of that experience was going in the onsen. We also got to wear yukata while going in! So far the trip has been a blast and I can definitely see myself coming back.