We’re back in Japan, for a winter trip! It’s my 10th (or 11th?) time here and Kristin’s 8th (9th), and we’ve been looking forward to this trip for a long time.
The flight was hellish – it’s almost impossible to get comfortable for long periods even in the ‘Premium Select’ class – but uneventful. Unfortunately one of our bags didn’t it: we could tell from the Apple tag we hid inside that it was still in Atlanta when we got to Japan! Delta will deliver it to our hotel once they get it here, which is hopefully soon. Luckily most of the important stuff (warm coats, toiletries, medicine) is in the suitcase that made it so it could have been worse.
Our first hotel room is large and comfy and very well-located and after check-in we spent a couple of hours exploring the Ameya-Yokocho and (of course) buying stuff like this guy:
That’s Ultraman 80 by the way, one of my favourite Ultras. He’s only the first of what I expect to be a lot of Ultra-purchases this trip. We also saw gachas, and played UFO machines and bought delicious snacks before crashing in the hotel. After about 30 hours with no sleep we better get a good rest tonight since tomorrow has a full schedule!
I plan on doing my best to blog daily, so stay tuned to see what adventures we get up to these next two weeks!
Off to a good start! Well, except for the tardy suitcase. May the Ultramen watch over and guide you both 🙂