Pesky aspects of traveling abroad - very dependent on little pieces of paper

I believe that foreigners in Japan are supposed to carry their passport/Visa with them at all times. I generally carry a purse with me at all times, but for my passport I'd prefer something safer - anyone have tips/suggestions? I used an around the neck money pouch while visiting Italy before, but it was incredibly uncomfortable...

Edit: Nevermind! Smaller alien registration card thing, not passport. That be good news.

Dorm information at last, and Visa application

I have a single room at the Waseda Hoshien International dorm, right in Shinjuku.

... Japanese dorms have a curfew. We have to be out of other residents' dorms by 11 pm, and out of the common areas by 1 am. Not sure whether we have to be back at the dorm by the curfew like I believe some dorms require. I hope not! It looks like guests aren't allowed into the dorm at all, especially not for overnight. It also mentions internet in the common room, but not in individual rooms. If we don't have internet in our rooms I will be most displeased. I'm planning to Skype a lot with people back home since calling is expensive, prefer not to do that in a common room. =p Happy to get a single though - a roommate would help a lot with socializing, and maybe not being as lonely, but I prefer not to risk getting someone I don't get along with. Wouldn't make things at all fun.

I e-mailed Waseda for confirmation on the pick-up service for when I get there, since my flight gets in 5 minutes before the cutoff time. They haven't gotten back to me. What is it with study abroad offices and being useless at e-mails? Going to e-mail them once more and then call if I don't hear back.

Also went to NYC to drop off my Visa application, which took about two minutes. Whew. We were expecting it to take longer than that! We have to go pick it up again on Thursday or Friday though, which is a bit of a pain - they won't mail it to us since Boston is the "resident consulate" for Connecticut, but NYC is an hour and a half from us, versus at least three hours to Boston, so it's worth it.

Nervous nervous nervous!

Edit: Talked with someone who went to Waseda a few years ago. We do have internet in the rooms, and they aren't too strict about curfew and guests can be snuck in. That's a relief...