We decided a few years ago to take our family to Japan. We wanted four things out of it. We wanted to spend time with Grandpa Robertson and talk about his mission, we love to travel together, Sam has been learning Japanese for the last two years, and we wanted to visit our friend Hannah. We got three of the four. Hannah left to be a missionary for the church in North Carolina the day before we left on our trip. We're sad not to be able to hug her, but I'm sure glad that she's doing good things.
First day of our Japan trip was travel and food. After an hour uber ride, we flew to Dallas and then to Tokyo.... then an hour bus ride and a short walk to our airbnb. We stayed in the first place for 4 nights. It was hard to find and had a tiny kitchen but the beds were nice and it had two toilets and two showers that all could be used at different times. We were all pretty tired when we got there, but everyone had a blast with watching movies "together" on the airplane and eating the yummy Japanese airline food. Ada snd I sat next to each other and coordinated all of our movies to play at the same time. It was fun. Seth lost a tooth on the airplane and put it in a bag in his suitcase. We loved being introduced to the idea of Konbini... the convenience stores have an amazing selection of very fresh and pretty convenient foods. Most of us had had a cold for the two weeks before our flight and Evelyn wasn't done coughing, so she wore a mask and we were on our way.
Jer was amazing at getting public transport passes arranged and figuring out the subways/trains and buses. I can usually get around where I need to go, but getting 7 people around without losing anyone or anything was a giant feat... and he definitely accomplished it well.
Ada especially liked the tiny ice creams that they gave us after dinner.
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