Things to like and things you need to get used to

So I have survived my first full two days and I must admit there are certainly things I love about Japan but on the other hand there are many things I still need to get used to.

I have left Osaka after staying 2 nights there and I am now in Kyoto for 2 nights maybe even 3, depends on if finish what I am aiming for. 

Osaka is the perfect city to start a Japan tour, especially if you have never been to Japan. It offers both the historical sites and the technological advanced facilities and electronic stores of the future. The first night in Japan was a big problem for me, at around 3 am I was bright awake and it was really hard to get back to sleep (stupid jet lag). But the second night was much better as I went out with a couple of people from the hostel. We went to a typical Japanese restaurant (luckily one person spoke Japanese) and afterwards we went to an underground bar (underground because of the interior, it was like 10 squaremeters big, but also we would not have found this place if we would not have asked the staff from the hostel). 

The trip to Kyoto was a horror. After Monday being totally sunny and really warm it was pouring cats and dogs today (es hat aus Kuebeln geschuettet). So by the time I got to my hostel, which was almost impossible to find as the address description was not very helpful, I was soaked. But after the owner of the hostel offered me a bigger umbrella (Japanese people are incredibly friendly, they are only scared to talk as they are embarrassed of their English knowledge), I walked around Kyoto downtown and went to Kyoto's castle.

Tomorrow I will enjoy my first Japanese lessons and get to know more of Kyoto.

The first pictures you can watch in the Diashow are some impressions of my first days in Japan.