Here!

Hello, everyone!
We're finally here! I was sooooooo happy to scrub off the Indian dust and dirt. Tokyo is quite a change after Guwahati and Delhi, and, no offense Deepa, I think I much prefer it.
I had my orientation with the office staff from the ITO Foundation this afternoon. They're all very sweet and unbelievably helpful, and we're all so self-conscious about our language skills. I find it all very cute.
Dad and I wandered about the few blocks near our hotel in Shinjuku after the meeting. We got a little lost, but not *that* lost. Found this very cool little area with ramen and curry shops and arcades. Not touristy at all, and surprisingly lively for a business area (if you ask me, not that I have much experience with big cities).
Language hasn't been too big a problem yet. I can get the important points across in restaurants, and Dad and I even managed to get passport photos and make copies at a little kinko's type shop down the street. Lucky for us that everyone gestures so much.
The excitement is beginning to overwhelm the queasiness, but I think it still hasn't really hit that I am sitting here in Tokyo and will be for the next two years (if all goes well).
More later!