So flying on JAL was the best plane ride we have ever had! The flight attendants were amazing, they came at the drop of a hat and where so smiling and kind. AND they wore these aprons, like full on 1950’s aprons with a cute frenchy- type design of hat air balloons and old timey airplanes. The 10 hours felt more like 4! We spent our time watching on demand movies, battling each other on old school video games like Tetris and battleship. We also got meet the other new teachers and on the plane we had lots of time to get to know them. There are a seriously diverse group and some really cool people.
So when we landed in Narita, Japan, we went through customs and immigration and then straight onto a bus and to the hotel. We checked in, had a shower, and got on another bus heading into the city. So as if there were not enough reasons for me to be scared about driving here are a few more. 1) In Japan they drive on the left side of the road, 2) traffic lights are sideways and 3) left hand turns seem to be some sort of death sport.
Upon arrival in town we scrambled around and ended up at some sort of fast food soup and noodle shop. There were luckily pictures on the menu but the staff didn’t seem very happy to see a group of ten of us walking in near closing on a Wednesday night. We did ok but there were problems with the bill, and we think we over paid, such is life on the other side of the pacific.
After dinner we found the real town and wandered around in the dark until we found a really awesome temple. At first we were a bit nervous to walk around if it might be closed, but soon we found other people where there and we got brave and walked all the way into the temple grounds. It was really amazing!
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