Japan is very very cool even without having the contrast of China, so for us, it is paradise. We got off the plane, sailed through customs, and just as planned Beth's friend Tandy was there to meet us. She is a pilot so can get all sorts of free flights so she came out to come travel with us for a week. We easily caught our train into town and then when we were dropped into the tangled web they call a subway system and we were looking really lost within 5 minutes two different people came up to us offering help. That is when Beth and I knew finally we were safely outside of the red monster. We got to our hotel, I bought a beer from a vending machine, and then we basically crashed.
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