{"id":5500,"date":"2012-09-19T16:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T23:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2012-09-20T01:20:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T08:20:22","slug":"japan-day-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=5500","title":{"rendered":"Japan Day 0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a long day. I got on the plane around 1:30PM PDT and got off after midnight PDT. Then I got to navigate the airport, then the train, and then make it to my hotel which is a lot nicer than I thought it would be but is in an odd part of Korea town. I did spend the afternoon and evening sitting on my ass watching movies, <strong>Battleship<\/strong>, <strong>The Avengers<\/strong>, <strong>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/strong>, and <strong>Tower Heist<\/strong> so it was more like a vacation than I&#8217;ve had lately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1097.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1097\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1097.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1097-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1097-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of my room:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1305-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1305\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1305-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1305-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1305-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With useless closets:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1309-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1309\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1309-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1309-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1309-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But a fairly nice mini-kitchen:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1310-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1310\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1310-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1310-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1310-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1308-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1308\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1308-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1308-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1308-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a real bathroom, not one molded out of one piece of plastic!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1306-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1306\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1306-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1306-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1306-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And views from the window:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nighttime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nighttime-1024x672.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"nighttime\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nighttime-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nighttime-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/nighttime-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/daytime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/daytime-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"daytime\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/daytime-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/daytime-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/daytime-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I walked around last night looking for something to eat but this is Korea Town and busy enough that there are people trying to drag you into their restaurants. And I bet all the restaurants are full of cigarette smokers. So I chickened out and went to a chain restaurant and got something I can&#8217;t get in the US anyway: a seafood doria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1316-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1316\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1316-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1316-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_1316-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to be braver tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a long day. I got on the plane around 1:30PM PDT and got off after midnight PDT. Then I got to navigate the airport, then the train, and then make it to my hotel which is a lot nicer than I thought it would be but is in an odd part of Korea town. I did spend the afternoon and evening sitting on my ass watching movies, Battleship, The Avengers, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Tower Heist so it was more like a vacation than I&#8217;ve had lately. Here are some pictures of my room: With useless closets: But a fairly nice mini-kitchen: And a real bathroom, not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=5500\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Japan Day 0<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5513,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500\/revisions\/5513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}