Two Days In One – Part 1

1/16/99 Pt 1: Our plane lifted off out of Denpasar a half hour late (1:30am), but it was an easy flight and we arrived in Tokyo around 7am. Stored our baggage in a locker, picked up some tourist info, and headed downtown on the train… It took over an hour to get to the Tokyo Station downtown! Yep, this is a big city… We had a terrific time wandering around the Chiyoda District, the parkland area surrounding the Imperial Palace… We saw the Donjon, the Buddakan arena/theater, a huge Shinto Shrine, a great park on the palace grounds… It is a real shame that we only had several hours to see this city. Yet I don’t think we could have afforded staying much longer! Just to get downtown from the airport cost us about $50 on public transportation!… Back at Narita Airport we boarded our plane, and had bad seats on a full flight. Fortunately for us the steward in our section was a Hawai’ian with an understanding heart. We explained Ruth’s need for a little more space, because of the lingering back pain, and he found us three empty seats in a row and let us move there! A very nice blessing on our very last international flight…

NOTE: The photo above shows Ruth and I in the last international selfie on our round-the-world trip, with the Imperial Palace in the background, while in the Chiyoda District of Tokyo, Japan.