hotties: mia and mariko showed me around Umeda and Kansi University! i met mariko when our airplane got typhooned to tokyo for a night. she was coming back to japan from a year of studying in St. Louis and her english is awesome! her university had a huge festival and all the students were out showing off their culinary skills for about $1 each! there were also some pretty talented rock bands sharing a stage in the center of campus. kick ass!!