Tokyo to Misawa

The I family brought gifts for all of us....the Japanese way. Arielle got origami paper, Stacia some Clifford books, Nolan a toy (I'll have to take a photo), Zander some paper balloons, Jared got a book on reading kana, and ME - the goodies I wrote about before.

We had dinner, slept, ate breakfast and all too soon it was time to say goodbye. We headed back to Narita. Then across Tokyo to Haneda, to catch a domestic flight.

Look carefully...you take the luggage carts down the escalators....I did this too...then took the elevator on the next set. LOL Notice Zander watching Ryu.

Disney Tokyo

Ryu and Jun left us at Narita as we boarded the shuttle for Haneda. We had lunch. I saw Octopus pizza for the first time. ::snort:: Kim occupied the kids during our wait by showing them how to make origami fish.

Again, no tipping....and we are a big group by Japanese standards. We boarded the plane. I KNEW we were getting into Japan "for real" when the signs were no longer in Japanese and English.....but we smiled a lot, nodded a lot and looked pathetic enough to make it where we needed to be. ::snort::

Then we watched this sign - which switched between English and Kanji. It was really cool to watch on the flight over. We passed RIGHT by Anchorage, then Russia, North Korea....

One last thought....Tokyo and Haneda airports were both PACKED...and yet everyone was smiling, moving along quickly AND the place was QUIET...quite a contrast to SEA TAC.

Choosing Joy!
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