Lots to talk about!

Whew! It's been a while since I've written a blog post. Just last week I finished the MIT VFT course and the next day it was my first day in lab at Canon. I've been loving every minute of my experience here. Take a look!

Probably my favorite thing so far has been eating all the delicious food, like this takoyaki...

Or this epic, legit teriyaki beef... Or this amazing smoking clam thing at my welcome party for my lab (the craziest, most extravagant meal I've ever had, btw...it was fantastic.

Or this delicious fish thing.

I've also done a fair bit of sight-seeing, like going to Odaiba to see a toy show, this giant Gundam, and the Statue of Liberty...

I even got a chance to go see the shrines and temples in Kamakura, one of the old capitals, and experienced a Zen session! Unsurprisingly, I was terrible at attempting to sit still for 30 minutes, and my feet and back were killing me by the end...

Can't forget about all the cute dogs I've been seeing all over the place...

Overall, it's been amazing getting to know Japan, and have been incredibly fortunate to have a bunch of people to hang out with, many of whom have gone way out of their way to show me tremendous hospitality.

From my Tokyo University friends...

to my MIT and VFT friends...

to my lab mates and various other great friends...I'm truly blessed. Thank you guys!! I'm truly looking forward to the next 2 months.

I'll also have to be better at jotting down and sharing "me being an awkward foreigner" anecdotes. Because there are tons of those.