A bit of a sleepless night. I had been sick for the previous 2 weeks, so at least I wasn’t coughing. But I’m always paranoid about oversleeping on the early morning starts.

6.15 the alarm went off. A shower and banana, final packing, and Kaoru and I were in the car just after 7. We left the car at the Inflatable World warehouse and caught a $25 uber to the airport. Check in was a breeze, as was immigration, and in no time we were sitting at a cafe eating breakfast.

The plane was about half an hour+ late to take off, but eventually we were on our way to Tokyo. A couple of movies, a bit of a sleep, and we had arrived at Narita.

The longest part at Narita was waiting for our bag to get off the plane. The immigration system was very quick, helped by the Visit Japan Web website (giving me a QR code). A Rapid train to Tokyo took us about 90 minutes, and then a Yamanote train to Shinagawa, and short walk to the familiar Toyoko Inn.

After check in (which had our wifi hotspot waiting for us) we went back to the convenience store at Shinagawa Prince for our customary snacks. It was probably about 11.30 by the time we got to bed.