We left Dulles around 11:30 and spent 14 1/2 hours flying to Tokyo, non stop over the North Pole. We got to see glaciers in Alaska. When we arrived at Narita Airport around 4pm on Saturday (we lost a day), it took us another 2 1/2 hours to: go through immigration, go through customs, pick up our pre-ordered cell phone, put the car seat in a locker for the duration of the trip, send our second suitcase to our hotel in Tokyo for the second half of the trip, exchange our JR rail voucher for rail passes, get our tickets for the Narita Express, change some money into yen and get food for the train.
By 6:30pm. we were finally on the Narita Express, bound for Tokyo Station. We met Grandpa Tak at Tokyo Station, where we picked up our tickets for Kyto, then took a taxi to our hotel.We were finally in our hotel rooms around 8am, after nearly a full day of travel.
We had to book 2 rooms because most Tokyo hotel rooms are tiny and can ony accommodate 2 people.After enjoying some o-nigiri and yogurt from 7-Eleven and baths for everyone, we were finally in bed around 10:30am.
Maki and I were beat but the boys seemed to be in very good spirits.The boys were amazing. MJ did not cry one while on the plane and CJ was very helpful. CJ read books to MJ, he pushed the stroller, and he kept MJ good company during our various errands at Narita. Were they perfect? Of course not! MJ squirmed a lot and had a tough falling asleep. CJ and MJ argued over the Legos that Maki bought them at the airport store. And the boys argued over which movies to watch. But all in all, there were no meltdowns, nothing broke, and I was a satisfied mommy.
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