Most of my bags were packed away.
I left my books behind because there was seriously no room for them.
Yeah it was kind of a waste of money, but whatever.
Sorry, books.
I went down to eat the last hotel breakfast of my trip.
It was damn crowded down there for some reason.
Maybe I'm just not used to going down that early.
I got back at 9 so I had around an hour to kill.
I was gonna leave at 10:20-ish to catch a 10:56 bus to Narita Airport.
Pretty much I just watched the Olympics and thought about this trip as a whole for an hour.
I was still really reluctant to leave.
Good thing the hotel called and reminded me to check out.
I was kind of nervous since I was by myself, and when I'm by myself I tend to mess things up pretty bad.
The plan was:
- Get out of the hotel.
- Mail my rental phone back.
- Get on the Tozai one stop to Kasai.
- Get off there and find the bus stop 13 to Narita Airport.
...And from there I would be good.
So I did just that.
I got to stop 13.
It was pretty crowded.
Lots of Americans were there (I'm assuming, since they spoke American English).
One of the guys running the stop was asking people where they were headed.
Then he came to me and asked if I wanted Narita 1 or Narita 2.
...
...
...
NARITA 1 OR NARITA 2?!?!?!
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE TWO OF THEM.
At this point I was starting to get nervous and all I could do was point to my luggage tag that said Korean Air.
He couldn't really understand or figure out what I was trying to say or where I was trying to go.
All he knew was I wanted one of the Naritas.
So he called over his buddy and asked him which one was the Korean Air one.
He told me it was 1.
Thank goodness.
He took my luggage and put tags on them so I could claim them later.
A charter bus showed up shortly after and the two guys put all the luggage into the bottom storage.
The passengers all lined up to pay up the 1500 yen fee.
I sat by myself for the 40 minute ride.
In my head, I was replaying most of the experiences I went through in this one month.
It really went by fast.
Everything was so packed and all of the memories I had were so vivid.
Before long, the bus made the stop to Narita 2. About half of the people got off.
Then it made its way over to Narita 1.
NOW it started to look familiar.
This was the place where I first stepped out like a damn noob wondering how the hell I was gonna get to Nishi-Kasai.
I got out of the bus, got all of my luggage, and headed towards check-in.
There was a long line for the Korean Air check-in.
Took around 30-40 minutes, I think.
I checked in two of my bags.
I hope nothing breaks.
I just had my big-ass backpack and my camera bag on me now.
Went through security, immigration, you know the drill.
I went to my gate: gate 27.
And right now I have a pretty cool view.
My flight leaves in an hour (as I'm typing this sentence).
So right now I have some time to reflect.
Japan is an awesome place, I said it before and I'll say it again.
Making the transition to adjust to this country wasn't too hard but making it back might be a little more difficult.
- First of all, I'm gonna have to go back to driving everywhere.
- Convenience stores? What the hell are those?
- Not everyone's gonna be so polite back at home.
- I can't buy alcohol anymore (since they'll card me in the US).
- Everything will be more spread out.
- No metric system.
- Most of all, JET LAG. But I can maybe fix that in 2 days, hopefully.
It kind of seems like I'm bashing on the US for not having a lot of the things that Japan does, but I also miss the US for a lot of reasons.
- My family and most of my friends live in the US.
- People speak English.
- I can actually cook my own food again.
- Some of the food in the US is unavailable in Japan anyways.
- The internet is a lot better at home than at the hotel.
- Fewer crowds (I hate crowds).
- BETTER PIZZA. FFS.
It was a very good experience overall.
The first things I'm gonna do when I get back are:
- Give my family a slide show of the pictures I took.
- Play "Santa" with my friends and family back home.
- Eat some US food.
- Cook some US food.
- Take a shit.
- Play some Street Fighter.
- Watch Dark Knight Rises (maybe not the DAY I get back).
Geez, I'm making a lot of lists.
So my flight is very soon.
I'm now closing this page.
It's been very fun writing every day about my experiences and I'm sure one day I'll look back on this and smile really big.
Shoutouts to all the readers who made this page-writing worthwhile.
You guys are awesome.
There is a good chance I will reopen this blog on the times when I do go back to Japan.
When I do, I'll let you guys know.
Once again, thank you for reading.
Sayonara.
Good thing the hotel called and reminded me to check out.
I was kind of nervous since I was by myself, and when I'm by myself I tend to mess things up pretty bad.
The plan was:
- Get out of the hotel.
- Mail my rental phone back.
- Get on the Tozai one stop to Kasai.
- Get off there and find the bus stop 13 to Narita Airport.
...And from there I would be good.
So I did just that.
I got to stop 13.
It was pretty crowded.
Lots of Americans were there (I'm assuming, since they spoke American English).
One of the guys running the stop was asking people where they were headed.
Then he came to me and asked if I wanted Narita 1 or Narita 2.
...
...
...
NARITA 1 OR NARITA 2?!?!?!
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE TWO OF THEM.
At this point I was starting to get nervous and all I could do was point to my luggage tag that said Korean Air.
He couldn't really understand or figure out what I was trying to say or where I was trying to go.
All he knew was I wanted one of the Naritas.
So he called over his buddy and asked him which one was the Korean Air one.
He told me it was 1.
Thank goodness.
He took my luggage and put tags on them so I could claim them later.
A charter bus showed up shortly after and the two guys put all the luggage into the bottom storage.
The passengers all lined up to pay up the 1500 yen fee.
I sat by myself for the 40 minute ride.
In my head, I was replaying most of the experiences I went through in this one month.
It really went by fast.
Everything was so packed and all of the memories I had were so vivid.
Before long, the bus made the stop to Narita 2. About half of the people got off.
Then it made its way over to Narita 1.
NOW it started to look familiar.
This was the place where I first stepped out like a damn noob wondering how the hell I was gonna get to Nishi-Kasai.
I got out of the bus, got all of my luggage, and headed towards check-in.
There was a long line for the Korean Air check-in.
Took around 30-40 minutes, I think.
I checked in two of my bags.
I hope nothing breaks.
I just had my big-ass backpack and my camera bag on me now.
Went through security, immigration, you know the drill.
I went to my gate: gate 27.
And right now I have a pretty cool view.
My flight leaves in an hour (as I'm typing this sentence).
So right now I have some time to reflect.
Japan is an awesome place, I said it before and I'll say it again.
Making the transition to adjust to this country wasn't too hard but making it back might be a little more difficult.
- First of all, I'm gonna have to go back to driving everywhere.
- Convenience stores? What the hell are those?
- Not everyone's gonna be so polite back at home.
- I can't buy alcohol anymore (since they'll card me in the US).
- Everything will be more spread out.
- No metric system.
- Most of all, JET LAG. But I can maybe fix that in 2 days, hopefully.
It kind of seems like I'm bashing on the US for not having a lot of the things that Japan does, but I also miss the US for a lot of reasons.
- My family and most of my friends live in the US.
- People speak English.
- I can actually cook my own food again.
- Some of the food in the US is unavailable in Japan anyways.
- The internet is a lot better at home than at the hotel.
- Fewer crowds (I hate crowds).
- BETTER PIZZA. FFS.
It was a very good experience overall.
The first things I'm gonna do when I get back are:
- Give my family a slide show of the pictures I took.
- Play "Santa" with my friends and family back home.
- Eat some US food.
- Cook some US food.
- Take a shit.
- Play some Street Fighter.
- Watch Dark Knight Rises (maybe not the DAY I get back).
Geez, I'm making a lot of lists.
So my flight is very soon.
I'm now closing this page.
It's been very fun writing every day about my experiences and I'm sure one day I'll look back on this and smile really big.
Shoutouts to all the readers who made this page-writing worthwhile.
You guys are awesome.
There is a good chance I will reopen this blog on the times when I do go back to Japan.
When I do, I'll let you guys know.
Once again, thank you for reading.
Sayonara.
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