The Language Instinct

Beginning to learn Japanese, recently I found myself wondering how I learned English as a child. I concluded that it was a two-stage process:

The first is immersion in the language, and by moving to Tokyo I've hopefully got that covered.

The second? はらぺこ あおむし, or:

Tokyo...

... Is wonderful.

and huge -

I have learned -

1. Smoking outdoors? Big no-no. Smoking indoors? Fine. Because if you choose to eat out, you choose to passive smoke, duh!

2. This - Macha Frappuccino - is delicious.

3. This is street entertainment:

3 things I learned in my first 3 days here; I can't wait to learn more.