Japan 2023

Home again, the last 24 hours have been a bit of a marathon. We finished up at the Guitar show a little early, did a quick pack up in the hallway and we were off to the airport on the train. Taking guitars on the train is a challenge, let alone 2 of them, a mandolin and a couple of suitcases
Sunday afternoon is a busy time in Tokyo, well anytime really is a busy time in Tokyo. But everyone is out enjoying themselves on Sundays. If you’ve all seen those videos of people being pushed onto the trains you get the idea.
We were only supposed to have one train change on the way to the airport but somehow we managed to have to do two. No worries we got there eventually. Then the check in and security. I must have had brain fatigue because we’d packed a battery bank in the check in and a bottle of Sake in Carry on. Had to unpack the huge suitcase and find the battery bank, couldn’t really remember where it was. Then through security and of course they wouldn’t let me take the Sake on. It was made all the worse because Hiro and Nori had bought it for us. I was devastated. I’m sure it would have been a fabulous one too.
Night flights are always painful, who can really sleep on a plane anyway. I think three or four planes must have landed at the same time because customs and immigration were so busy. Line up here, get through that one, line up at the next one. Luckily we had a connecting flight so we managed to jump the queue, still had to wait for the sniffer dog to run over us a few times and then we were free.
By the time we finally got to the domestic terminal, we were well and truly ready for a coffee. Just enough time for one before we board the flight home.

We’ve had a fabulous time again in Japan, so much delicious food, amazingly friendly people, so many interesting places to see and experiences to have. Until next time………………………Читать далее