Markus & Miktastic Out of Bounds: We've arrived!

After making it through traffic during Toronto's first major storm, we actually managed to arrive at the airport an hour early.

Air Canada's long-distance haul team was absolutely fabulous. Lots of food, drink, and the plane was only about 1/2 full - easy to find a spot to sleep in.

We're arriving in Tokyo, and we're in our final descent... Mikael is in the bathroom barfing up a lung. The flight attendants had to unlock the bathroom to let him in as the flight was on final approach. He survived, and is doing well now.

Tokyo is... bright, brilliant, and incredibly clean. Here's some shots:

This greeted us at the pickup for luggage. Umm.. okay...

We're off to find the Japan Rail office to convert our voucher into a real, unlimited, 21 day pass.

Awaiting our train to Shinjuku. The airport is and hour and 45 minute ride to central Tokyo (and this is the express non-stop train.) Glad we didn't get a cab. Would've cost more than the flight did.

Our train has arrived. As I said earler, everything is shiny and clean. Quite amazing really. We're in the upgraded "green" car, which is reserved for us foreign-snobs. ;)

This is the panel at the front of the car. We're amost to Shinjuku!

This is immediately ourside our hotel. It's all walking-only streets full of bars, nightclubs and restaurants. Wasn't tough to find a great place to eat dinner.