On our way to Japan

We both got rudely awoken at … I think … 5am. Haruki didn’t mind but Yuto likes his lie-ins. It would appear that mum and dad had already been up an hour. We got dressed and then, something called a taxi, was awaiting outside. This was most irregular. I wondered where it was taking us. Dad checked the house for the fifth time and finally we left home.

Of course we both fell asleep whilst travelling. We went down something called the M1. We arrived at ‘Heathrow airport’. Not sure what an airport is, we went inside.

We sat for a little while eating breakfast before we had to go through something called ‘security’. Yuto found security funny however, Haruki really didn’t want to be scanned. The security guard had fun chasing him around.

Went did a bit of boring shopping before discovering what an airport was. It houses aeroplanes!!! We were both very excited and wanted to spend all day watching them however, we soon had to board our own plane … for 13 hours! We were both really excited.

… 13 hours later…

I am not sure what we were excited about. We had hardly any room and it was difficult to sleep. Yuto on three occasions slipped past dad’s legs and crawled up the isle… much to the amusement of all on board. We both hardly cried and I think mum and dad were happy.

Once in a place called Japan, we discovered it was hot. A nice lady gave us a. Lift all the way to immigration and our bags. Though we were last off the flight due to where we were sat and our luggage, we had made it to the baggage area before a lot of people on our flight.

Once through the exit we met our mums family. Haruki recognised koz’s mum, dad, brother and his son. Both were a little confused about her cousin however, for Yuto this was the first time they met. We ate at the airport and got a SIM card for Japan before leaving.

It wasn’t long before we made it to our first tourist attraction. Umihotaru is a small man made island where a tunnel and bridge connect. Due to the heat, we waited in the car with grandad. Mum, dad, cousin and grandma went inside … but they weren’t long. Apparently a few good photos were taken. We would have loved to have gone … maybe next time.

Our next stop was in Chiba. We went to see my mums uncle who is sadly not well. We all said hello and he was very happy to see us. He had A lovely room in his care home.

We made it to our home for the next two nights and I did wonder if mum had made a mistake … there was no one here for miles! Still we could hear the sea so, it must be good. 

Mum and dad went to a local supermarket. They bought a lot of Japanese food and Haruki loved the onigiri. Dad said that he was stared at a lot. He also said that he had forgotten how slow driving is. I didn’t really understand but he did say something about just sitting in a car, suspended in the air and waiting for the surface of the earth to rotate would be quicker than driving. I am not sure he was telling the truth.

Due it now being late on Monday, this post covers two days…ish. We are both tired so off we went to bed.

Toodle pip