Tokyo Diary Ichi: Getting to Edogawa
06.18.09 It’s just passed midnight here in Tokyo, which means I’ve survived the first night of my Far East adventure.
I left my house Wednesday morning at 6:30a.m, flew out of Pearson at approximately 8:30a.m. and landed in Tokyo at about 5:45p.m. on Thursday. After a total of 17 hours spent flying 38,000 feet in the air, two time zone changes, a 3 hour layover in Vancouver and a 1 hour bus ride from Narita to Kasai, I’ve never been so happy to arrive anywhere. I wish I could say the flights were hell but to be honest the worst part of either flight was spilling Coke Zero all over myself on the way to Japan. I got some good rest, watched The Iron Giant and got the greatest cross-country view of Canada possible.
After wandering around Kasai with my luggage in tow and looking like the biggest tool imaginable, I found Hotel Parklane Nishikasai and checked-in. I admit it, I was lost and for a minute there I wondered what the hell I had gotten myself into. But after a much neede d shower [that many hours on a plane does not do a body good] I headed back out and grabbed a pretty good beef and rice dish from some local take-out shop. There are eateries literally everywhere and entertainment stores on every other corner. I even came across an arcade called Warehouse 17 that looked like a totally badass Military outpost from the outside. Walking the streets I noticed that everyone keeps to himself or herself and are pretty respectful of each other, which is pretty awesome. I’m excited to head into the main areas of Tokyo to see how much bigger and better things get up there.
Yosh. Gahn-bah-di-mus!
Listening to: Metric Fantasies
