Journal 06/13/25 Day 2 Japan

So, it turns out that our roommate is not a grown man, but really just a kid like us. And the guy who lives next to us thought one of his friends was a grown man sleeping in his room. Anyways, our roommate is really chill, and he seems to do Unity pretty well. Our room is so small, it's a twin room with a small cot smashed into it to make it fit, so we cannot even unpack our luggage since there is simply no space to do so. Today, I began the day by...moving all our luggage into our actual room. We also both woke up late, and then I misread the schedule and thought that 7:30 am was 8:30 am. So, me and my roommate (Nick) were late, and the rest of the group went on ahead. We had to catch up with them. After a subway ride and me introducing one of the teachers to Balatro (he immediately paid the 10 bucks and may be addicted), we went to Inari to the famous torii gates place (forgot what it was called). We were forced to hike up the hill to a meeting spot as fast as possible since we were late. When we got there, there was no one from CIEE there because they went back down the hill 5 minutes prior. Everyone was really tired at this point, so we all just sat down and ordered some ice cream. It was not good. I will not eat that again. We went back down the hill and after more subway rides, we got to the Kenzai Center for the program orientation. Needless to say, it was kind of boring, although as soon as I got there, they gave me the package for a hotspot. As soon as the orientation ended, we all went downstairs to the Pokémon Center and holy crap is it crowded. All of the packs are sold behind the counter, and there is a pretty tight buy limit too. I was not willing to wait at that time, since I was feeling kind of hungry. I instead went to McDonalds. They have a second floor. Apparently, they might have a third floor. Other than that, it was not very different from American McDonalds. I went to the mall with friends and ate ramen. For a little less than 9 bucks, that bowl, filled to the brim with chashu, was really good. I went back to my room after that.