Welcome to my first Blog Post! Today was a big day … moving to Japan!
Actually it was more like 2 days, because of the travel time. Anyways, after finally finishing packing my bags at like 5 in the morning I started heading to the airport, where I was set to catch my 1 pm flight to Tokyo! The airport was pretty empty since it was a Wednesday morning, so I had tons of time to relax and prepare for the long flight ahead of me.
So I really don’t like airplane food, so usually before going on long flights I will buy some food, and at the Toronto Airport I usually get some Tim Hortons before the flight takes off. But they changed it all around since the last time I had been there! Which was in April by the way, it wasn’t even that long ago! So I had to scramble to find something else, but eventually found where the Tims had moved to so I got a bagel. Airport food is so expensive omg.
The flight left on-time surprisingly, and the airplane itself was virtually empty. It was a massive Boeing 747 and my entire row (like all 10 seats across) was completely empty! So I was able to lay down and sleep since the flight was over 12 hours long. I also got a whole bunch of pillows since the Air Canada pillows are so thin otherwise. The mini TV screens were also lacking in entertainment, which was unusual since it’s normally pretty good. Good thing I brought a bunch of my own shows! I binge watched like half a season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which was nice since I usually don’t have much time to watch TV.
So our flight was set to land at 5 pm in Tokyo on Thursday, and the time change kind of messed me up (Japan is 14 hours ahead of Toronto) and I totally thought that the sunset was sunrise looking out the plane’s window. We safely landed, but then I needed to get on a bus to get to the right town, and I missed the bus by like 5 minutes! It sucked because I had to wait like 2 hours for the next bus to leave. So I decided to go get some dinner at the convenience store in the Airport (btw Japanese convenience stores are exactly that, convenient), and the food was actually really good! Eventually I got on the bus and the jet lag was starting to get to me so I kept falling asleep on the bus.
After a long walk from the station (after stopping at the grocery store), I finally made it to my apartment that I will be staying in while I’m in Japan! And somehow I got really lucky by getting a double room, but with no roommate! I was exhausted after all that travelling, but I knew I needed to unpack and shower since I had to go straight to orientation in the morning!
Overall, the travel was one of the smoothest trips I’ve been on, minus the 4 crying babies the whole plane ride to Japan. That was super annoying. When one of them finally stopped crying, the next one would start for the entire. 13. hours. But I made it here safely and that’s what’s important.
You can see the video about the trip so far here.