Japan, Day 1.
Joe and my 24-hour commute from his apartment in Boston to Tokyo, Japan is complete. We’ve just arrived and settled in to our hotel (small room, hard bed, comfy slippers). The travel wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be; we occupied the time primarily with Sudoku competitors, eating complimentary bread and cheese sandwiches, and trying in vain to get our Delta personal TV screens to work.
Initial impressions of Japan? Tokyo is a huge city, but we seem to have found a nice corner to stay in here in the district of Shinjuku. The streets are incredibly clean and busy; the lights bright; the skyline beautiful. There are an inordinate amount of people walking around with surgical masks on (we were given complimentary ones upon our arrival).
Joe and I will aim to update this blog daily. Our itinerary for tomorrow is to look around Shinjuku; visit the Meiji Shrine; people watch in Harajuku; and also check out the largest intersection in the world in Shibuya (you’ll know it from Lost in Translation).
