Beautiful Bidets of the far East 🐿️

We are at the airport waiting for our flight to Tokyo! The flight is 11.5 hours.

DD is joining DH and myself. It is our first time in Japan. DD is bringing Duffy and ShellieMay and I’m bringing Chip’s Dale. Duffy has 5 other friends :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :grimacing:!

We do not travel light! :scream: But most of the suitcases are not full. The green suitcase is not full. The purple suitcase only has another suitcase in it! DH said it was too heavy for us to just use carryon backpacks for the next 5 days. So, the grey suitcase is full and we will be bringing that one around with us instead of sending it ahead to the hotel we will arrive at on Thursday.

DS dropped us off at the airport. We were looking around for kiosks to tag our luggage. Nope! A JAL staff greeted us and took us to her station to get our luggage tagged! Such service!:heart_eyes: We will be spoiled for 2 weeks.

DS left the car at a train station and surprised us at security!

It’s been a journey to get here. Here’s my planning thread:

https://forum.touringplans.com/t/i-disney-math-my-way-to-a-disney-tokyo-vacation-package-purchase-planning-thread/100575.

We have a couple of days in Tokyo before we head to Tokyo Disney for 3 days. From there, we will join a 7 day tour: Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka.

Baring Wi-fi issues, I hope to maintain this TR. Follow along, if you like! We will be on an adventure!

Our :airplane: is at the gate!

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I’m so excited for you! I hope you have the best time :grin:

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I hope so, too! Sometimes, too much together time in close quarters can be tough on my family!:crazy_face:

And I’m still coughing from my upper respiratory infection in October!:weary:

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How miserable. Hope that gets better.

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Safe travels and have a great time!

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I was hoping 2 weeks in the heat and humidity of FL would have taken care of the cough!:sob:

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LOL. that makes my breathing worse.

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Praying for traveling mercies and good health friend!

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Oooh this will be fun to follow! Can you link us the tour you’re doing?

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It’s finally here!!! :partying_face:
Can’t wait to follow along

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We are boarded! See you in Japan!

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https://www.gate1travel.com/asia-pacific/china-japan/2024/japan-escorted/tour-japan-9dclajp24.aspx#itinerary

We added days before and after the tour. And we booked our own air.

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Welcome to Japan!

We landed around 4:15 pm. By 6 pm, we had cleared immigration, picked up our pocket WiFi, and forwarded our luggage. We had filled out our immigration paperwork at home and got a QR code to use upon arrival, which sped up entry.



Yamato will deliver our luggage to our tour hotel.

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I know you are going to have a great time!

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Our Japan Airlines Dreamliner was probably less than half full!

Within an hour of boarding, we got a rice cracker snack and drink!

And maybe 10 minutes later we got a feast!


And real silverware!:flushed:

The food was delicious!

I was half way through my meal and we got dessert!

So much food!

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You are awake!:flushed:

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The bathrooms onboard the plane are larger than our domestic airlines and they had the Japanese style toilets!

And the touchless features actually work!


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7 hours later, we had a pizza meal.


Pizza was decent for microwaved!

The flight attendants frequently walked the aisles offering drinks! Such service!

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Yes, always by around 4am EST :roll_eyes:

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DD wanted fresh squeezed oj at the airport! She used her Suica card.


$2.34 for the cup! So inexpensive!

The airport had trash cans but not the train stations! I was prepared with garbage bags!:joy:

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