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Tokyo, Japan Arrival & Day 1 - created at http://animoto.com SO! I got my passport months in advance and it set in that we were going to JAPAN!! A dream vacation of mine. The plane ride was 14 hrs....and time was going by soooo slowly for me. I have a hard time sleeping on anything moving (planes, trains, cars) and I didn't want to take pills or drink heavily (I did get a little cute bottle of red wine though lol) so I constantly looked at the flight path on the little tv on the back of the seat in front of me, played video games on the little tv too, watched a couple episodes of "Shiro Kuma Cafe" (Polar Bear Cafe), played some Animal Crossing on my 3DS..I actually can't believe I made it 14 hrs. But it was WORTH IT!! We FINALLY got off the plane and I was EXHAUSTED. And we lost an entire day which was so weird. I actually didn't get used to the time change until a couple of days after being in Japan. It took a bit but it hit me that we were in Japan...across the world, far from home. I was a little nervous. And I also notice how hot and muggy is it in the airport...and all the Japanese were totally fine, void of a single sweat drop and me? I was a mess lol And since Ben had to check his bag, we had to wait at the baggage claim for about 30 mins lol It took us a while but we finally found an ATM in the airport so we could exchange our american dollars for yen. As usual when it comes to money or NUMBERS lol I was confused and almost messed it all up but Emma and Ben helped me out lol The money is so pretty! I love foreign currency.. Our shuttle bus to the hotel took 2+ hrs.... There was SO MUCH traffic. I can't remember around what time it was...probably...6-7pm? It was bumper to bumper traffic. I was so tired and crabby I couldn't even enjoy some of the sights we passed while on the bus..I was so exhausted I was literally about to fall over in my chair lol I was holding on to a ticket to claim my bag (which was in another compartment on the bus) and I was falling asleep so bad I almost dropped it so I had to put it in Ben's pocket for safe keeping lol It was totally a "are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet?" moment and I couldn't WAIT to get to my room lol We finally get to the hotel and we check in (they spoke English at the front desk) And we made it up to our room!! As soon as I opened the door, the first thing I said was "this room is so small!" and indeed it was, but really? It's all you need and it was great =) It was a very comfy set-up once we got used to it. And check out that super toilet! AAAAAnd yes. I did try out the bidet function...once. LOL So that first evening, even though it was fairly early (I think we got checked in around 8:30pm or so?) we were EXHAUSTED and totally passed out. But, we woke up around 4am and I Skyped with my Dad =) And then Ben planned our itinerary for the next day! Be sure to check out all my videos and subscribe! And if you would like to read about all the things I did while visiting Tokyo, Japan, be sure to check out my blog at http://changoestojapan.blogspot.com! Thank you!