Konichiwa Japan!

NRT airport

We arrived yesterday to the the busy airport in Narita. The flight was long, but I slept through 90% of it thanks to my new prevent jet lag technique. Its called, `dont sleep the night before, so you`ll be dead on the plane`.

We had to check our backpacks, and they lost my bag. Everyone was extremely helpful and friendly, though, and I should get it back sometime today.


We took a train from the airport to the Tokyo main station, then went to Fujisawa, where our couchsurfing host Kei lives. He picked us up by scooter and took us to his adorable apartment. There, he had dinner ready (rice and chicken curry) and Japanese cocktails. It was delicious. He stayed up till 12 with us even though he had a surgery he had to perform at 7 am this morning. Kei is an operation nurse and has traveled all over the world. He has been to Thailand 11 times and Nepal 4 times. His apartment is much bigger than I imagined and is full of souvenirs from his travels. He is extremely generous and gave us a key to his house, a cell phone, and access to his 2 bicycles and scooters. Tomorrow, he wants to take us fishing on a nearby island.

Kei in his apartment at breakfast this morning

Today, we are going into Ebisu Gardens to visit one of Catherine`s fathers friends who has offered to take out to eat at a popular restaurant in Tokyo.

sayonara! kara and catherine