Had a fun night with Kirkle at a surprisingly busy Wal-Mart in Wadsworth late this evening. We picked up a humidifier, a couple mini space heaters and a fan for those hot/cold nights in Japan (we've heard the insulation in most Japanese homes is horrible). By the way, when did razor blades and deodorant get so freakin' expensive?!?
Also, we now know exactly how long it takes to get to Japan...pretty much an entire day. We leave on Thursday, September 8th from Akron at 10am and head to Atlanta. From there we fly directly to Tokyo Narita, a 14 hour flight. THEN we catch a bus to the Tokyo Haneda airport and fly to Hiroshima which is only an hour and a half. At this point it's 9pm on Friday Sept. 9th in Japan. THEN somehow we get from Hiroshima to the base in Iwakuni hopefully making our check-in deadline. Phew.
Not sure why the revelation about razor blades and deoderant occured now? Were you just not buying them and figured "well in Japan I might need those?" :) Just thought I'd call you out a bit!
ReplyDeleteThat is the longest day of travel I've seen or heard of. At least after this, every other trip will seem like a walk in the park.
Good luck with the continued planning!