Classes start tomorrow!

Since we last talked, I've joined a social circle for Japanese students who want to meet internationals and practice Japanese with them. It's been fun, we had a party, and also we had a trip to the Temple of 1000 buddhas. So far during my stay in Kyoto, I've seen more "National Treasures" than most people do in a lifetime...
I'm loving it here, I'm making a ton of great new friends!
On sunday I got to see Elisabeth who is now Teaching on a small island north of here! Afterwards, I went out with a bunch of people from my dorm to sanjou kiyamachi and went to a dance club (one of the few ACTUAL dance clubs in the city) It was quite fun!
Since I last updated, I've gotten my Gaijin paper, health insurance, cell phone, and bank accounts.
Of course on my insurance (and therefore my bank accounts) my name was misspelled... instead of "クーパー" they wrote it as "ケーパー" (notice the small line on the top of the 1st character...) This in effect changed my name from "Cooper" to "Caper (like a mushroom?)" hmmm... well I guess I'm now Rob Caper for insurance and banking...
So you know how I said it is typical for Japanese people to ignore strangers? I was sort-of mistaken... In Kyoto (pretty much Kyoto only apparently), elderly women will approach young people (foreign or not) and begin to have conversations such as "what is your name?,""where are you from?,""what are you studying?." This was a very amusing discovery for me as it happened both in the line at the bank and on the bus.
Well, I should have a more interesting post once I get into classes and everything... the last week was spent meeting people and filling out forms...