First day in Tokyo

What a day - it began at 5:45 am when we caught the shuttle bus to the Incheon Airport - the transit system in Seoul really is incredible. Everyone at the airport is so helpful and the helpers all look like they came out of Mad Men - petite, females in heels with a smart bow and hair ribbon. Sorry I didn't photo will do so on the way home. The airport was so pretty that I took a picture of Otto admiring a fountain but when a man saw me (Tim was busy) he offered to take my photo with Otto. Everyone is so helpful this way.

Here is my meal in the airport - pretty much fried rice - it was delicious. I ate the rice, Tim ate the soup and Otto had a smoothie.

This is Otto's meal on the plane first wrapped all cute and him showing off the remote that you could use to play videos, video games, movies, documentaries, etc.

The adult meal was rice and chicken and "morning tofu" which was tasty and came with a packet of sesame oil. The pickled veggie this time was white onion (Molly!) strong but good. I thought the flight attendent was coming through with coffee so I handed her mine and Tim's mugs. Look at the color of that green tea - it was like drinking grass. Both Tim and I were dismayed when the coffee gal came around and our mugs were already full.

I used the restroom in the airport and just had to take a photo of the noise machine but I didn't have the guts to start it - thought there might be an implication there...

We got to Tokyo and had a great time walking around - it is halfway between San Francisco and Seoul - crowded, fashionable, with little stalls everywhere but more established feeling than the tables with goods out in Seoul. There is also an innocence in Seoul - lots of handholding but everyone pretty modest, no skimpy ads posted everywhere, everyone pretty quiet. Tokyo feels much closer to the US with quadruple the people. Pretty much everyone here is very thin, men included and I guess here is why:

Note the calories you burn using the steps. All menus say the calories of food as well. One sad note - very little free wifi in Tokyo - almost all of it is for pay. Even in the hotel I have to sit in the lobby for free wifi or pay $5 a day to have it in the room. Guess which one I am doing? This in contrast to Seoul which had abundant free wifi - every restaurant, cafe, throughout the hotel, etc. We found the statue honoring Hachiko but it was so crowded that we went fast and didn't get a great photo of both Otto and I.

And here we are at an arcade - the highlights were the gals playing Guitar Hero on drums and the grabbing machines with Moomintroll dolls (which Otto knows thanks to Dad!) and Peanuts characters:

Otto finished the day in the tub and then put on the pajamas provided:

Who knows what tomorrow will bring?