My arrival into Tokyo

So this will be a full recount of my travelling to Tokyo from the Gold Coast. It will be boring but this way the family will be kept up to date.

The original flight plan was 1030 departure for an approx 1830 arrival. With the need to be there 3 hours prior to the departure time Tzarn dropped me to the airport just after 0700. Everything changed when The Fire Nation attacked the plane was delayed by 2 hours so we actually left Aussie at 1230 now factoring in the 9-hour flight and the -1 hour time difference we were expected to touch down at 2030. Sadly, upon arrival we found out that another plane (The Bastards) was docked at the only place we had authority to dock onto, after another 30 mins of waiting we were able to disembark at approx 2115.

From there we made our way through customs and immigration which, thankfully, didn't take nearly as long as it could have, we wouldn't have taken any longer than 60-70mins. We arrived just before another large plane docked so looking back down the line was quite a sight. I go my residency card without a hitch and made my way through the rest of terminal 3.

After catching a free shuttle bus to terminal 2 I got my ticket for the train to Nippori Station, the train ride took 36 minutes, exactly as the giant signs said it would. I made my way out of Nippori Station and across to the waiting area for the bus. This would have been perfect if I had arrived 2 hours earlier because funnily enough there were no more buses coming past at 2315.

I jumped into one of the many cabs there and explained where I wanted to go. That failed miserably because the address I had for the hotel was not one that could be entered into his Navman. After looking at the picture of the map that I had he dropped me to the bus stop that was closest to the hotel, I followed the insanely clear instructions for getting from aforementioned bus stop to the capsule hotel (props to the hotel for the instructions that were included with my reservation. They were a godsend).

There's 24hour service at the front desk here so I simply walked in, signed the paperwork confirming that I had arrived and that I wouldn't be a nuisance to everyone and made my way upstair to my little coffin. It is significantly more comfortable than I anticipated (to the point that I'm actually writing all of this from there as we speak) there is a whole corridor of private showers on floor 8 (not communal as expected) and there are toilets on ever floor. The capsule is large enough that I can lay down no issues, if laying on my back I can extend my legs and rest them flat foot on the top without my legs having to bend (perfect for some hamstring stretches) and just near the entrance is a small wardrobe (which they called a locker) that I can either stand in to change or splay all of my belongings throughout.

Within the capsule is; a light, a little shelf, a blanket, several sheets and a tiny pillow. Since I have an awesome sleeping bag that I use as a blanket I've rolled theirs up and am using their blanket as a really nice and soft pillow. I slept like a baby which makes sense since I left the house at 7 am and arrived just before midnight, plus I took a Phenergan so there was probably a mass exodus due to my snoring.

Tomorrow I might jump on the train and check out the castle in the middle of Tokyo and I have a get together to go to morla night which was arranged through Airbnb (I booked these 5 nights here through their app) so I'll be doing another like hour train ride a bit further south-west. I'm currently in the Taito-ku area in Tokyo which is a bit north-east of the centre. I'll be going to the park on Sunday cause apparently that's when all the freaks (otaku and the like) come out to play and other than that I have very few plans for the area. I'll take more photos and even a couple of vids so hopefully anyone that is curious can keep up to date with what's going on.

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