Finally we have arrived in Japan! At 11:40 am yesterday we took a minivan from Koh Chang to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. We arrived at Suvarnabhumi at 8 pm, then we took a shuttle bus from Suvarnabhumi to the airport we were flying out of called Don Mueang. We had smoothies for dinner at the airport. Unfortunately, our flight was at 2 am so we had a long time to wait. We boarded our flight on time and we took off. I slept for most of the flight. When we arrived it was 9:30 am Japanese time. Our flight landed in Nagoya, a city in southern Japan. We decided to come to Nagoya first because my Dad’s friend Dan Archambault lives there and he invited us stay at his house. When we got to the airport, Dan Archambault drove us to his house but on the way we stopped for sushi. We went to a place called Kappa Sushi. It was really cool there because the sushi came around on a conveyor belt. You could order and they would send it to you on the conveyor or you could just pick up any sushi that looked good from the belt and eat it. Unfortunately we did not get any photos to show you.When we got to Dan’s house we met his wife Sayaka, and his two kids Kiku and Raiden. After we settled in we went for a walk to a shrine near Dan’s house, it was very pretty because of all the cherry blossoms.These are the stairs at the shrine. Dan Archambault taught us how to pray at a Japanese shrine. Bow twice, clap twice, then bow deeply and wish something. We were basically the only people at the shrine which made it very peaceful.  This is Kiku, Denise, and I. Kiku is very nice, she lets us do origami and play with her toys. I made a carrot, a dog, and a ninja star out of origami. Dan, Sakaya, Kiku, and Raiden live in a traditional Japanese house on the edge of Nagoya.

Their family has two cats, one black one and one white one. The white one (shown above) is named Hachi. Hachi is a Persian cat and she isn’t always fond of strangers in her house.

For dinner we went to a restaurant that specialises in Yakiniku: Here is a link to what Yakiniku is. There is a grill in the middle of your table and you order from an iPad and they bring you what ever you ordered and you grill it. We ordered so much because it was an all you can eat restaurant. I really liked their beef steak, salad, grilled squid, edamame beans, fried chicken, sweet corn, octopus balls, and ice cream. I am really excited to explore more of Japan.