It was an uneventful, but long, 13 ½ hour flight from DC to Tokyo. We left at noon and the entire journey is in daylight. People pull their shades down to let others sleep. I might have gotten an hour or two of sleep. Andrea, who can sleep just about anytime and anywhere, logged a few more. We had a couple of hour layover at Narita before our flight to Fukuoka. I am writing on the flight – a 737 that has more seats bolted into it than I have ever seen. The legroom (and overall comfort) is reminiscent of the old grandstand seats at Fenway. Fortunately the flight isn’t crowded, although it was uncharacteristically 45 minutes late in taking off. I will say, though, that the lavatory in the plane is utterly spotless - you could eat a meal in it (that is, of course, if they served meals on the plane, which they do not).
Andrea brought an extra, empty carry-on suitcase on the flight – the idea being to have something to fill up with purchases made while she is in Kyoto. Rather than continue to schlep it with us the entire trip, we just had it sent to our hotel in Kyoto to coincide with our arrival on April 5th. They have numerous baggage services at the airport that will transport luggage relatively inexpensively all over Japan. It only cost $18 to send her bag. It is one of many amenities that travelers enjoy in Japan.
We had hoped to get into Fukuoka in time to get out to an eel restaurant that Andrea identified that is near our hotel.
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