Kanpai!

Just in response to somebody's comments - I have indeed eaten! I just ate some easy packaged stuff I bought at a convenience store yesterday for lunch, but for dinner I went out with one of my roommates for okonomiyaki, which is a specialty of Hiroshima. It's a really neat experience. The restaurant we went too, which is one of the bigger ones, was 5 or 6 stories high, and each floor had a bunch of different eating stations at it. They just have these big oval grills that look kind of like a bar, with the cooks in the middle of them, and people sitting on stools around the outside. They just make the okonomiyaki on the grill/table, and then you just cut off pieces and eat it up. The top and bottom of the okonomiyaki are very much like thing pancakes, and then you have layers of cabbage, soba noodles and cheese, and the entire thing is covered in some sort of sauce. It was quite good, and it only cost ¥1300 (around $11) for the okonomiyaki and a beer. I mentioned to my roommate how I was still a little rough with chop sticks, and he told me that they had quite a few tourists so they'd probably give me a fork if I looked to be struggling too much, but I managed to troop through and eat it with enough competence that I was spared that humiliation.
On the way I had a few other food hotspots pointed out to me. There's one place really close which was described as the McDonalds of Japanese cuisine, where you just go in, put your money in a vending machine, push the button which has the picture of what you want on it, and then go sit down, and they bring it out to you shortly after. I have a feeling I'll be eating there a lot to begin with, beause of the minimal language interaction and the use of pictures to determine what you're getting.
My luggage came in last night, and I got everything unpacked and hung up, so I'm officially settled into my apartment now at least. Going to have a shower now and then head - plan for today is to open a bank account, visit the peace gardens, get that cable for my camera, and maybe buy a cell phone and some groceries, although those might get pushed back if anything else comes up.