Through the looking glass

I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they´re blowing
As free as the wind
And hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this - there is nothing
More than this - tell me one thing
More than this - there is nothing
It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like dream in the night
Who can say where we´re going
No care in the world
Maybe i´m learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this - there is nothing
More than this - tell me one thing
More than this - there is nothing

so they took me to this place in sendai, "you should try it". the yakitori ya was one of the best places ever seen, really japanese. you had to see the people, the atmosphere, the colors, the light (or shade)...everything. the service and the food were excellent. it was also a good chance to get a lesson of applied japanese: i learnt how to bow (there should be a movie about it in the internet!) and new things. of course we drank beer that time (hey....japanese beer). and nobody of us drove that night. never happened in italy. thanks guys.

well, i cannot exactly say if it was the best, but it was good at all. and i guess it would have been a pleasure to use it in the high tech toilet of the hotel, after having learnt how to use the "washing consolle" (or called the help desk...).
i'm really sorry that k. payed with her pyjamas (and health) our thirst of knowledge. and it's better not to talk about this fact anymore, because i risked to die due to laughs.
ok...it's true almost everything that it is written in aomori official web page. i liked this city and the whole area. people really spoke english at the information centre! modern art museums were fascinating and interesting, my guide well prepared.
moreover, i recommend to visit the ancient hakkoda-maru in aomori bay.
kouyo in towadako was amazing. food was...well...let's just say interesting. i will upload pictures this evening (now i'm at the office!).
if some of you guys plans to go and visit this area, i really recommend JR east pass (of course you can use the japan rail pass), you can travel from tokyo to aomori by local and shinkansen trains, use some buses (somethimes you just have to say pleeeeeeeaaase!) and all of this at a really convenient price. even better if you're young.

ok guys, hajimemashite. who am I, you're asking...well, good question to begin. i am an italian boy, living in japan. why? to study and practice in a japanese company for a five months internship. today is a milestone in my life. i just finished my first month in natori and my life is turning around. i remember the day i arrived in japan. and i remember the first time i felt like home when coming back in sendai, from tokyo. two different people, really. i made my first step through the looking glass.
so now i've been living in the land of the rising sun for a month and i feel good. many people helped me, of course. an italian girl met in tokyo, japanese guys met at work, my best friend's words emailed every day. thanks to them, i lived many beautiful days, forgot fears, saw world with other eyes.
well, i live in an alternate world, there's nothing i had alredy tasted, nothing i had already seen. till...today. today a new life begins. that's why i opened this blog. to share my feelings with other people. and that's why i write in english...english is not a foreign language. nor is japanese...they are just other languages people use to meet people. to talk with them, to feel them. nobody will be a foreigner in my life.
from here i want to keep exploring the world, meeting people. with this new perspective. through the looking glass.

g.