{"id":899,"date":"2017-09-04T18:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T02:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/?p=899"},"modified":"2017-09-04T18:10:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T02:10:26","slug":"day-one-travel-trains-and-time-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"DAY ONE: Travel, Trains, and Time Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, September 3, 2017, my family and I flew to Japan, for a two month long, family trip. Our goal is to be with family, and specifically to help out my Mom\u2019 s aunt and uncle. Being the procrastinators that we are, we waited until just days before the big trip, to start our packing. Because we will be gone so long, there were some extra things we wanted to bring, but space in our apartment (and Japan in general) is limited. We decided to splurge and buy some packing cubes and other space saving do-dads, and were very impressed. We were able to comfortably pack all of the essentials, with space to add in some extras<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0788.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-900 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0788-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0788-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0788-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reminiscing of trips past (Spain 2005)- who remembers this iconic TeamHadjes picture?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/july2005_spainprep-014.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-917\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/july2005_spainprep-014.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/july2005_spainprep-014.resized.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/july2005_spainprep-014.resized-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/july2005_spainprep-014.resized-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/july2005_spainprep-014.resized-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning, at 1am, Uncle Jason picked us up, and drove us to the airport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-901 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0820.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0820.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0820-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0820-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SeaTac airport was the emptiest I had ever seen it. Our first plane ride flew down to LA, California, and was just over two hours long, with Alaska Airlines. Good time to take some cat naps!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-902 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0829.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0829.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0829-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0829-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodbye, USA!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-903 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0834.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0834.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0834-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0834-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0834-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a two-hour layover in LAX airport. After sitting for so long, I tried to teach Bayus some stretches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0846.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-906 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0846.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0846.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0846-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0846-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next flight went directly to Tokyo, Japan. It was an over eleven-hour flight, on Singapore Airlines. They served good food! Bayus&#8217; favorite part was being able to ask the flight attendants, at any time, for unlimited free Hershey&#8217;s chocolate bars. This flight flew us into Monday, September 4, 2017, Mom and Dad\u2019s 18th year anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-907 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0833-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mom told us to take this chance to sleep, but we decided that drying out our eyeballs by watching movies for eleven hours straight, was a much better idea.<\/p>\n<p>Hello Japan!<\/p>\n<p>We arrived in Japan, in the Tokyo Narita airport, at 1:05pm Monday, Japan time, but 9:05pm Sunday night, home time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-908 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2384\" height=\"3072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868.jpg 2384w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0868-750x966.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2384px) 100vw, 2384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While trying to figure out where our first train was, Bayus found these cool machines, with all sorts of fun prizes. They ran down an entire hallway. Our favorite were the green army men, Japanese style and riding rhinoceroses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-909 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0869-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0869-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0870.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0870.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0870-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0870-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0870-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From the time we got off the plane, to the time all the train rides were done, was over five hours. Now we regretted not listening to Mom earlier, and tried hard to not fall asleep on the Japanese commuters around us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-911 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0876.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0876-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0876-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0876-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uncle Yoshio met us at the Isehara train station. We were so glad to see him again. He led us to our apartment, where the landlords were waiting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0881.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0881.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0881.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0881-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0881-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0881-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They got us settled, and handed over the keys. They also left us some tasty snacks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0885.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0885-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0885-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teamhadjes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0885-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all took showers, to get all the airport grime off, then fell onto our futon mattresses, in the two tatami mat rooms, and fell asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Goodnight friends and family, we will miss you!<\/p>\n<p>-Hannah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, September 3, 2017, my family and I flew to Japan, for a two month long, family trip. 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