Is this it?

Indeed, it is. The first official insert to my weblog. So, here I am, in Japan. It only took about 18 hours onboard three airplanes, and about 9 hours killing time at 4 different airports..Now I've been here for four days, amidst these small, busy, and overly polite people. On Thursday the 21st, I landed on Japanese soil for the first time. It was around 15.00 hours. The view was amazing, to say the least; the last 30 or so minutes of the flight, all I saw was tall, forested mountains with cities and fields scattered here and there. After a courteous security check, me and a few other fellow HUSTEP students were received by four Hokkaido University Students, who were holding up "Welcome to Hokkaido University" -signs. Cute. The boy in charge of this small welcoming committee asked me if I could speak Japanese, to which I responded: "Sukoshi dake. Yukkuri hanashite kudasai." While waiting for other HUSTEP students whose flight was to arrive shortly, we had a half-English, half-Japanese conversation and got to know each other a little better. I realised that I had almost completely forgotten my vocabulary, and pretty much all of my grammar as well. Frustration. I've got a lot of studying to do. It's cool though, it's about time anyway. Having been here for four days now, I've gotten the first taste of Sapporo. The city is a very dynamic one, indeed. Once you get to the downtown area, from the JR Sapporo station southwards, the streets get very busy. People rushing everywhere, massive, colourful screens playing cartoonlike advertisements, loudspeakers blasting high-pitched Japanese female voices, and toylike cars driving to and fro. The city skyline is beautiful as one can see mountains in almost every direction in the background. And, comparing to many other big cities, Sapporo is very clean, and the air is nice and fresh. The only thing that might take a while to get used to is the omnipresent kanjis, hiraganas and katakanas. The only places you might see roomaji, the European writing system, is on street signs, and maybe the airport. Before I leave, though, I've got to tell you about the food. It's very good. Noodles and sushi are dominating the restaurant scene, but almost every type of cuisine is represented here, and restaurants are everywhere, and easy to find too, since Sapporo is built on a grid system. And most of the restaurants, even in the heart of the city, are quite inexpesive. For 4€ to 6€, you can get a healthy, tasty meal. Raamen Rocks. I'm out. Doomo arigatoo gozaimashita.