First Day on the Job

First Day on the Job
6/2
Went into work for the first time today.  An inauspicious start, as I thought I boarded the wrong train (it was the right one), took a really slow local train instead of the express, and showed up 10 minutes late.
I went first to Toshidai's Futako-tamagawa campus, which as Sugimoto-sensei explained isn't really big enough to be a 'campus,' and would be more properly called an 'office.'  We attended a presentation given by a photography student on the photos he's taken of people around the globe, including (but not limited to) Nepal, Israel, Bulgaria, Morocco, and Peru.

The view from the Futako-tamagawa campus.  On the right is the train station, which spans the Tama river that separates Tokyo from neighboring Kanagawa.

Later, we departed for the Toshidai Todoroki campus, in which I will be spending much of my time during this internship.  We met up with Ikumi and Manami, and I chatted with them while they prepared some paperwork.

The shrine down the street from the Todoroki campus.  Perhaps this was partly because we visited at a quiet time, but this shrine gives a very different feeling from the crowded one at Harajuku.  It's peaceful, empty, and not as well-cared for.  

Japanese WOTD: まくら (makura) - pillow.  I had to buy one of these after spending my first night without.