Day 1 - the flight

It was an early wake up at 4:45am, and out of the house at 5:30am. That put us at the airport parking at 6:30am and at the airport shortly after.

As we only had carry-on we were straight through. Remembered to do the TRS for once. Then we just killed time until our 8:40am boarding. The plane ended up being not quite full so we scored an empty middle seat.

The flight was uneventful, and we got in 20mins early, landing in daylight. A first for us. The immigration line took ages, nearly an hour as they only had about 2 windows open. But did have a chat to a past student and her parents who spotted me in the line.

Once through, customs was a breeze, and the next challenge was finding gluten free food for Jason. He ended up with a Fresh Burger, with lettuce instead of the bun. I had udon. By now it was 7pm. We walked the 600m to our hotel, checked in and settled in for the night. Jason hit up the family mart in the lobby for some sake and ice-cream.Read more