I popped in my memory stick and found photos of my flight I forgot to post:

My leg room in Economy Plus.  It’s hard to tell in the picture but I have my long, lanky legs completely stretched out.  With my butt all the way back I couldn’t reach the seat in front of me if I wanted to!  Awesomeness.

In my lap is my Pacific Waters shawl.  It hasn’t been blocked yet but I finally finished the knitting on it.  Luckily my blocking wires survived the trip over.  ^_^

The awesome CAs (cabin attendants… completely gender neutral and more accurate than “flight attendants”) for the Chicago-Narita leg of my flight.  They were doing something I’ve seen in tv shows–the pre-work meeting.  Everyone whipped out a notepad and pen and scribbled down what the lead flight attendant was saying.  I’m guessing it was stuff like–the chicken meals were running low so the kitchen gave us extra beef, the passenger in 15C is highly allergic to eggs, there will be one infant in economy, etc.  They rocked.

Today I had to visit my company’s headquarters in Yokohama so when that was over Ken and I had a look around.  We ended up at Yodobashi Camera, an electronics superstore.

Think of your favorite big box store then put it on steroids.  There are ten floors of stuff (eight above ground and two under) including two floors of restaurants.  The entire time you’re in there it’s sensory overload between all the signage and specials being recited over speakers and the rest of it.  It’s quite something.

Tomorrow we’re headed to check out Kawasaki proper.  I need some passport photos for my “gaijin card”, or foreigner card.  Japan requires that all non-Japanese carry special identification at all times.  If you’re here short term your passport works fine but if you plan to stay over three months you need to register at the ward office and get a special card.  A police man can ask you for your card at any time for no stated reason (us white people are easy to pick out).  If you’re not carrying it they take you in for questioning and the entire thing becomes a hassle.  The card is also important because I can’t get a cell phone without it.  So anyway, that’s tomorrow.

My jet lag isn’t so bad this time around–I’m pleasantly surprised.  I usually take a full week to get over the change but I felt nearly normal after four days.  I still tend to wake up early (5 or 6) and fall asleep early (8 or 9) but those times are slowly shifting later.  Good thing too–my favorite drama airs at 9 tonight.  ^_^