Narita Airport is exactly how you picture it in your mind. Do you see crisp, clean areas filled with natural sunlight and friendly, accommodating employees? Do yo
u smell hoards of people who don't "understand" personal space and who think that "Line Forms Here" signs are just suggestions? (oops, sorry, that's Athens... I forgot). But all joking aside, the Narita airport is a breeze. Signs are in English, employees direct you exactly where to go and the whole process is refreshingly simple.My advice for any one would be to take the limo buses into Tokyo. This goes against everything I believe in. I really dislike paying more for transportation when you could easily pay much less (please see Day
1's excursion to the Birmingham, AL airport versus Atlanta - saved us $400. per person). However, with your bags and your jet lag, it's just much easier to hop on a comfortable bus for the ~90 minute ride into the heart of the city. The limo bus ticket office is located on the 1st floor and will cost you 3000 yen per person (about $30). There are multiple buses going to different parts of the city and to different high end luxury hotels. Choose which one you need (everything is in English).Rikki (a Tokyo native) was so kind to let us stay in her beautiful apartment in Roppongi. Actually, I'm not sure if it was technically Roppongi, but it was right off the Omote-Sando street. She advised us to take the limo bus to the ANA Intercontinental and that a cab would be waiting for us to take us back to her apartment. It happened. And the cab drivers in Japan wear white gloves.
Omote-Sando, they drive on the "WRONG SIDE" in Japan
To be perfectly honest, I don't remember much about this day/evening. Rikki whisked us away to some sushi restaurant in Roppongi - which of course was "the best sushi we've ever had". We got back and crashed at 11 pm. And woke up at 4 am.
TAKE ME TO DAY 3!
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