
Our plane trip was LONG. We arrived at the Grand Rapids airport at 6 am! Yes, I actually managed to crawl out of bed at the ungodly hour of 4 am. Our friend Sarah was going to take us to the airport, but her bloodsugar level was only 54. So as she injested tons of sugar, her wonderful husband Derek drove us instead.
We passed through the detectors except for one delay. For those who have always wondered, metal detectors can detect cell phones forgotten in front pants pockets. Hey, it was an honest mistake! I was still half asleep!!

They fed us very well during the flight. Three full meals and


Our friend, Junko, who is the reason we came to Japan (to attend her wedding on April 18), met us at the airport just outside the customs department... Yep, they did allow us to pass into this beautiful country.
She gave us a crash course on the Tokyo train system..man is it crazy, but pretty easy to understand after studying the maps during the hour ride from the airport to Ikebukuro, the Tokyo suburb our hotel is located in.
We checked into our hotel, then Junko took us to Tokyo station in central part of city to see her office building and for dinner at a restaurant with bowls of udon (buckwheat) noodles. The bowls were, honest to God, bigger than your head!



Frankie almost ended up face first in his bowl! Poor poppet

Junko wanted to take us to see the cherry blossoms (sakura) in Ueno park, but we decided to go on Friday night instead. So after making arrangements to meet the next evening, we made our weary way back to our hotel...the Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro.



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