Blog # 1 - Tokyo

                                                              Blog # 1 - Tokyo                                                                  (February, 2026)

          We started our trip with a sit-down breakfast at the

                                 Qantas First Class Lounge

           Getting Ready For An Eleven Hour Flight To Tokyo

          Preview of our first meal on the American Flight to Tokyo

                                     First Course - Quite Good!

                                           Got To Have Saki!
                                         Second Course - Yum!
                                        Getting Ready To Land
                                 Airport's Official Greeter

         Loaded With Luggage - Hotel Requires Self-Check-In

After An Eleven Hour Flight (Two Meals + Snacks) - We "Needed"

To Try Out The Airport Food. We Each Had A Huge Bowl!

We Ordered A Flavored Water. The Server Had To Pound The Top Causing a Glass Ball To Drop From The Cap. Very Strange. 

               Model Of Edo (Tokyo) Castle at Restaurant
Ceiling Decoration: We Think It Represents A Temple Made With Pieces Of Wood. Withstands Earthquakes. Periodically, It Is Disassembled And Reassembled as Part Of A Religious Tradition

The Airport Recreated A Historical Bridge Leading To

                        Restaurants And Other Amenities

By coincidence, Jerry Used An Old Painting Of A Similar Bridge

For An Album Cover For Songs He Wrote Several Years Ago

                           Copies Of An Old Painting On Airport Wall

                                    Close Up of Paintings

                     Jerry Thought This Was An Art Piece

                      A Closer Look - People Left Messages

Our Hotel Toilet Came With All Sorts Of Options (And) Warnings

    It's A Good Thing We Are Both Fluent in Japanese! (NOT!)

Our Pillows Were Filled With "Thousands" of Small Stones. Huh?  We "Pushed" The Stones Aside To Provide Space For Our Head