Interesting Facts about Narita airport: (_) It's been a long flight. In Japanese security, they check for your fingerprints. Domestic flights have smaaaalllll waiting areas. And the food is good. And so flying into Chitose airport was tiring. Not to mention nervewracking. For many of us, it is our first time visiting Japan. Most of us can barely speak the language, let alone string together proper sentences. Through the glass doors by the luggage carasol, our host families wait, noses pressed against the glass. We grab our luggage, thankfully, none have been lost. "Konbanwa, hajimemashite," is repeated throughout the hall. And so, we go of our seperate ways. One of the first questions I am asked is "gohan o taberu?" or, "Can you eat rice?" "Hai," I reply. This question is asked many times, especially at
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