Wed,May 16th, 1:56 pm

Holy hell I’m here! On our descent I could hardly believe that, when I looked out my window I was looking at Japan. The guy who operated the jetbridge bowed to the pilots when we pulled in, everything is white, clean, and employees wear white gloves. It really is different here. We had to take a train from one half of the terminal to the other and I think I got my first taste of what the subways will be like! Sardines, I tell you! We get up to the customs hallway only they take half of us to go to another hall. I get this really young guy checking my passport and there is a bit of confusion over whether or not I needed a visa, and we alternated conversing in English and Japanese before he stamps my passport and send me on my way.

Both of my bags arrived, thank God but when I exited I didn’t see anyone holding my name. I was all “shit” for a couple of mins, wandered around before I saw him. We immediately began conversing in Japanese- which I later learned that he liked as everyone else spoke to him in English- and we hopped a bus to terminal 2. There are 3 other people coming in so I am currently sitting in a meeting room until 4, then we’ll all go to our apartment (which I am assuming is at Cherry Court).

I’m still incredibly dizzy and lightheaded. I almost fell over a couple of times in customs when I got dizzy from bending over. Feeling like I need a shower + dizzy = no fun! I’m going to sit for a while and then explore the terminal. 2 hours to kill!

BUT I AM HERE!