Japan day 1
As I wake up ready for the airport from just spending the best week of my life with my family and friends. It's time to move out. I take one last shot with my dad thinking about how much I know he’s gonna miss me. I remind him that I love him and thank both him and my mom for allowing me to venture out on my own even if it’s this far away. So let’s talk about the plane ride. This was the longest trip I have ever taken in my life. 15hrs! In the sky going thousands of miles an hour to a country that I’ve never been to before. Crazy. As I get on my Delta flight to prepare myself for this long ride I decide to take out a book. Spoiler alert I never ended up reading the book at all. I just watched Across the Spider-Verse, Elemental, and Trolls band together. They were so good and Im a sucker for any Trolls movie cause the music is just so spectacular 😌 . I could not sleep a wink. I didn’t mind it though it was pretty good and by the time I finished all those and played on my phone, we were landing at Tokyo International Airport HND. As I get off the plane mind you I have this heavy backpack on with like 5 books in it. Im wearing 2 shirts a sweatshirt and a leather jacket and my roller skates. I was hot, the sweat was dripping down my back and the immigration line was not pretty. It was moving fast but it was long and wrapped around itself like 20 times. I fan myself with my documents As I finally get to the from of the line I hand my papers in. I received my Japanese residency card with a picture on there that I don’t really like but oh well Im just happy to be here. I collect my luggage from baggage claim and head outside to find my bus. The bus doesn’t leave for another 3 hours. So I decided to sit and wait. 10 min went by and a nice old man told me that I should wait at the airport instead so I took all my stuff back upstairs and looked for something to do. Yall this airport has a tattoo-friendly onsen, tons of restaurants and so many beautiful shops. My mouth dropped. I immediately go to Lawson take some cash out and get my first things at the convenience store. Then I started wandering around and came across such cute shops and my first little item from a gashapon machine. As I make my way back to the bus stop Im introduced to Japanese line culture they truly stand in uniform lines for everything. I got on my bus that would take me to Kofu station. 2 hours into tho I started feeling really car sick and I was praying to god to just let me make it to my hotel at least. God answered ‘cause I made it. Finally, a bed I can lie down in and rest my body from traveling too much. I call my family and give them updates on what’s been going on and after I take a shower and a bath. Yes, the bath after the shower was a must. Japanese tubs are so deep! Like really I was soaking and it felt amazing. That is how I ended my first day in Japan and I can’t wait for more adventures to come.
