Asaka

Finally made it to Japan! After a 48 hour journey from New Caledonia I was so so tiredddd but also so excited to finally see Sophie!

I figured out which train to take, loaded up my Suica transit card, and trained out to our Airbnb in Asaka (suburb of Tokyo) where Sophie was waiting for me. Crazy to be cold again! It’s 10°C and rainy here, something I haven’t felt for a long time!

This country is awesome haha, exactly like you expect. All the announcements and signs are first in Japanese then English sometimes, everyone is so polite, the trains are dead silent even when packed, there’s vending machines and convenience stores literally everywhere, the tiny suburb streets are so cute, and all the food is so good!

After a much awaited reunion, we chilled at the Airbnb, got our bearings (Sophie had also spent the night at the airport because her flight landed after the last train), and went out for a delicious conveyor belt sushi dinner where some of the dishes were only ¥100 (CA$1.00) for two pieces of nigiri! And it was all just ordered on an iPad which we could switch to English sometimes we didn’t even have to talk to anyone lol. What an awesome country

After dinner, we stopped at a konbini (convenience store) FamilyMart, to grab some snacks and drinks. A local came up to us and chatted for a bit in broken English. He was wondering why tourists would come all the way out to Asaka, kind of the boonies of the suburbs lol.

An early much needed sleep tonight and off to explore Tokyo tomorrow!Read more