Hello Tokyo!

We arrived safely in Tokyo at 4ish Sunday afternoon local time. Effectively 1 in the morning home time. We are 15 hours ahead of you all back in the states. The flight was relatively fine for being crammed into a tiny seat for 13 hours. I watched Lost in Translation - a Bill Murray movie set in Japan. It's free on Amazon Prime. I suggest watching it. Great movie and lots of beautiful shots of the city of Tokyo. I was able to sleep about a couple hours on the plane thanks to Melatonin! We were fed a few times - the usual mediocre airplane food. 

Our tour guide for the duration of the Tokyo leg, Kutzumi Niwa, met us at the airport and directed us to the bus. On our way to the hotel we took a tunnel that goes underwater below the Tokyo Bay. It seemed to go forever and I was thankful I was sitting toward the front of the bus. We checked in quickly, brushed our teeth and headed down for a buffet dinner. Lots of interesting choices for dinner. All my favorite things were deep fried like pork loin, shrimp, and little slices of pumpkin. They also had amazing desserts complete with strawberry fondu. I can not eat like that the whole trip but some comfort food was just right after a long day of travel. The girls made a quick walk around the corner to the 7-11 to check things out and get some cash out of the ATM. All went well. Check out some of the neat things at the 7-11 below. Yes that's a hotdog, in a bun, with ketchup, in a sealed package ready to be warmed or I guess eaten at room temperature?!?!  Also sake flavored KitKats?!?!