So we've arrived here in Narita and everything has gone smoothly! The 7 odd hours on the plane was quite tolerable, but the movies were terrible! We had August Rush and something with George Clooney. The return flight will have better movies apparently.
The line up for foreigners to get their fingerprints and photo taken was rather long, but still only took us 20mins, which just oozes Japanese efficiency. We went to collect our luggage and made our way to the carousel to find it completely empty! Not thinking the worst we checked the next carousel but they weren't there either. I went for a scout around and found our luggage sitting out in the middle of nowhere with a note on it up the other end of the baggage collection area.
Our next challenge was customs.. we walked up, showed our passports and walked right on through! Quite a nice way to be welcomed, I thought.
As we stepped outside the terminal we saw our first weird Japaneses thing - a smoking booth. Now why aren't these things in Australia?
We had to take a shuttle bus to get to the hotel. Now when I checked the website, it said 10 minutes to get to the hotel...well it took 20 minutes but the most disconcerting thing was the mystery tour through the dark back streets of Narita. We did arrive safely though and the men at reception spoke enough English that it wasn't a problem. The bathroom is tiny but the water is warm...and the beds are hard... but who cares, we're in JAPAN!
6 comments:
oiiii.
glad you're safe and sound.
IN JAPAN.
i'm still jealous.
penne, ma says you need to come back and cut kits.
i'll talk to your guyses tonight. maybe.
BAI!
Hello there,
glad to hear that you made it there in one piece! Hope you both get a chuckel out of the image of me taking 1 1/2 hrs to figure out how to get you a message. Am so gald u are finally there, hope you enjoy every bit of it, god knows you deserve it! Have a blast, be safe
Trish
Chris, didn't take you long to pick up a little Japanese girl huh. What happened to Penne?? Anyway, remember Matt's hunjie dollar present and my cat bus. I want it pre-loaded, all the games, bigger hard drive man. Please send me some econmy-akie, I'm really hungry! I'm happy your guys are there safe. Hit the smoking booth for me. Look forward to your next entry.
Hajimmemashite!!
hey, i'm enjoying your blog. have a great trip. don't spend too much time blogging though. :)
don't forget takoyaki. and the best place for that is osaka
OMG! So awesome you guys are there. I'm so jealous!! I want to get on a plane NOW!
Love your blog, can't wait to read the next few entries. Don't forget to go to Narita-san if you have enough time.
Love & hugs,
Meg x
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