I hate Japanese Rain.

Today I woke up in a good mood, and I decided that I wasn't going to get in a bad mood, but, though I am not as happy as this morning, I am still confident in knowing this one thing that messed up my morning. The rain in Japan can truly change everything. Before we leave my host father tells me that the trains are delayed that go between were Ritto station, my station is. No problem, I just take the first train closest to my normal time and wah-la, get on my bike and go to school. So first I get on the bus, my host sister and one of my host brothers are squished into the front of the bus. Already I hate the buses here.When they stop you fall forward, and when they go you fall back. either way, you fall into people who are somehow trying to sleep. The first time the door opened on this bus ride, I got squished behind it. The bus driver did tell me to get out of the way, and I tried, but there was absolutely no room on the bus for me to go... my sister's made a little room, but we had to get out right away to let others get on, every time the bus stopped till we reached our destination, the last stop.
When it rains, everything slows down. My host sisters missed their usual train, but it didn't matter. The trains were also running slow.
This morning, my host sisters and I are about to leave

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This was the scene on the other platform, coming towards us, away from the accident. Scary, right? The line goes all the way into the stairwell down.

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Of course, the trains were allowed to come through, as they cleared the accident. But, only an eighth of the people got on, and they were squished. We saw a women being pushed into a seat, holding to her bag for dear life, while people in the isles had elbow room... quite sad.
The first train we could take arrived 3 minutes late. And late is REALLY LATE in Japan. There were still to many people on the train car. I gave up first, since I knew I could take the next train. My little host sister tried to push through, but failed. This is the thing about the rain here. It rains, 75% more people end up taking the bus or train in the 'pleasant' seasons because they can't ride their bikes or scooters. EVERYBODY, commutes in Japan by bike at least once in their life.
We get on the next train, squished with two older ladies, people play with their cell phones as they sit in the the seats no longer available, with a sign clearly stating "turn off your cell phones if seating here." (It was in two languages too.)
My younger host sister gets off with half of the train car's passengers. I wait for two more stations to pass, my train is going about the speed of a horse at a trot, a third of it's normal speed.
I am surprisingly not late for school, but am close to it. I have fun with my friends as we continue to prepare for the school festival, it was a hot day, but my day still turned out to be a nice one, not as great as this morning.
Currently though, I really want to see a movie, whether it be Harry Potter or the Gokusen movie. I sort of miss popcorn.

And sorry about the links, I'll fix them later, I'm trying out a new photo thing, but the don't offer URL unlike photobucket.