I’m in Japan! The day before orientation.

Yatta, We have landed at Narita at 6???am on Sunday morning. It was very hot and humid. Too damn hot and humid. I quickly did the necessary stuff of passing thru customs and sending off a larger piece of luggage to Sukagawa before seeking sanctuary in the bus.<br />
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The busride to Shinjuku took around 90 minutes from Narita. Really interesting ride, you can see all the small kei cars driving on the highway. They are cars of and engine capactiy of 660cc or less and can be differentiated with their yellow number plates. Some of them are hilarious. No sense of aerodynamics. Just a matchbox on wheels.<br />
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We were the first ones in Shinjuku, reaching there just a bit before 10am. Check-in wasn't for a couple of hours so we decided to venture out in the heat and explore around. <br />
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Here's a pic of Joel (a JET in the same town as I'm in) and Damon.<br />
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I was fortunate to meet up with Ewan, my predecessor in Tokyo for lunch. Great guy, it was a pity that he was heading home - could have had a lot of fun with him in Suk. To give you guys an impression on how bad the air quality was on that day, here's a pic of Tokyo from the Metropolitan Government office.<br />
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On a clear day, you should be able to see Mt. Fuji in the background but as you can probably tell, the air quality was just downright crap.<br />
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Finally the check-in time came and I quickly rushed up to have a quick shower and head for the holy land…<br />
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