Today we woke up around 7.  Not bad - I guess that means the jet lag is beginning to wear off.  After spending a couple of hours in the morning planning out the next couple of days, we met up with Kayo-san and took the train to Akihabara, the electric city …

We woke up early again today.  After buying some breakfast from the 7-11 (yes, that’s actually the name, and no it’s entirely different from the American ones), we decided it was time to go visit the Imperial Palace.  Just then, my friend Kayo-san called and offered to meet …

notice after we wok up for day two, there is a missing entry. I might expound on, later but day three was by far the best day in Tokyo.  It was probably awesome.  A translator was VERY helpful. I will add a better entry with pictures. It is day four …

Day two, Slept pretty good in the hotel. As expected about 10 percent of the people speek english well enough to get by. It was crital to getting our tickets for the JRail as neither Ben nor i understood a damn thing about the UFO looking ticker vendor. We wanted …

Today we moved to our new hotel in Tokyo.  For some reason, the fastest way to get to the train is via the airport, so we found ourselves back there again this morning.  Buying tickets seemed initially scary, but the ticket agent had no trouble figuring out which buttons to …

Narita to Tokyo.

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happy fun fun sparkles!

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All I can say is BREAKFAST FISH!

End of day one, Japan. Made it to the hotel, no way we could have ever driven, and the first time i have seen a huge bus pull a u-turn and somehow end up on a different road. The roads are SMALL. the cars for the most part are normal …

i am on the plane, and it is now safe to say i should have experienced every emoton possible. from joy to madness. But all said and done, i expected to be much worse off. Right now my back is doing great, and the seats magically have enough room for …

Actually, I’m not sure which day this is.  We spent 19 hours from the time we got to the airport in Albuquerque until arriving in Narita, but the time zone changes mean it takes almost two days.  I believe that may have been one of the most uneventful flights …