The Flight, the Arrival, The Trains oh my!

Hello everyone, I'm here finally after a 5hr flight to LA, a one night stay at a motel and then an 11hr grueling flight! I'll tell you somewhere between the first 4hrs feelings like 11 and that last 3hrs I didn't think it was worth it I mean I hurt all over, and needed some serious space, but when I got here, wow. I'll admit the airport wasn't awesome though I did get a cool picture of a welcome to Japan sign



Which was cool! I think the moment it hit me we were really here was on the 1hr train ride to the subway station. Out the window I saw some rice fields which were laid across the land, and then these houses that looked like something out of a history book along with giant billboards and fancy small cars. It was like somehow tradition and modern life had melded together so well it just seemed right looking at it...So I didn't get so many pictures of that (sorry mom) but I was so tired and so involved in watching this new land pass me by I couldn't bring myself too look away long enough to take a picture. Now I did eventually fall asleep before we hit our stop, but to be fair I was very tired and knew I would have three whole weeks to delve deeper into the mystery that is Japan....



There is so much more, and I will update later, but for now I'll leave you with some shots of the food we ate in the plane (just for you Alice ;-)









There are more, but I'll leave you with the optimistic picture of me before the 11hr flight ;-)