Day 1 June 18 2016

Off to Japan today and the plane leaves at 7am so we aim to be at the airport by 5am. Like 2 hours before. So which means we get up at 3am to get ourselves ready. Leave home about 4.10am. Drive through cold and drizzly Melbourne to drop off our car at A1 Parking for the next few weeks. Everything goes smoothly and we get there at 5am. Turns out it's a domestic flight to Brisbane so we had quite a bit more time up our sleeves.   So begins the long days travel.
Two hours to Brisbane. Customs. And we're away. The airplane trip seems long and we wonder how we fly all the way to London. Remi and Ruby get a little sick. Then again it was a bit of a bumpy ride and at one point I felt rubbish too. Then again we'd been up since 3.

But then we land. Narita airport.And it's warm and we smoothly pass through customs. Pick up our JR Pass and catch the Narita Express to Shenagawa then another train to Harajuku. We see the famous vending machines lining our way but unfortunately the time of being able to buy beer from them is gone. Sad face.
At Harajuku we are met by Masa the guide to the Air B'N'B house we're staying at. The area is quiet and we are asked to not talk too loudly as it is a quiet neighbourhood. The house looks amazing from the outside. Very thin and 3 stories high. Not many rooms for all of us but space to retreat.
After a chat with Masa (not talking outside on the phones) Liz, Remi and I go and look for something to eat. Time as slipped by and it's nearly midnight so we grab noodles and and couple of Asahi beers.
Which we quickly consume. Kids of, course don't have the beer.
Then it's off to bed.