I am here. Random notes:
Man, it takes a really long time to get from the plane to the hotel. Like, three hours. 45 minutes was probably the immigration line!
There was a magical bus to the hotel, so I didn’t have to learn the train system. Yet.
There was a girl on said bus who laughed the whole way. I don’t know why.
I ran into Tyler from Indiana University in the immigration line. So, no creepy stalker, but I did have a stranger recognize me. That felt odd.
Then I shared the bus with another CEDEC speaker. This is starting to feel like a very small world.
I saw many many DS Lites on the way.
So they warned me there was no ground on the plug. What do you do with laptop plugs that have a ground prong? hink the hotel has an adapter? Sigh. I have 6 hours of computing left. (Update: the hotel is sending an adapter up, yay!)
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In Japan!
無事に日本に到着したようです。日本の狭さに「さすが Nintendo DS
The Narita Express train isn’t too bad, depending on where you are going in Tokyo. Much better than the local train to Ueno or the bus.
Bah! A fork, gum wrapper, and a rubber band is all you need.
Haha, try flying to US being a foreigner! 😀
Worst wait I had in immigration was standing for three and a half hours in LAX. Nothing to drink either and going to restroom would have meant losing the spot.
I’ve never been to any of the Asian countries. I’d love to go to Tokyo… Looks like an adventure.
Hint: Mac power adapters don’t require a ground plug 🙂
See, this is why I researched how the outlets are set up here… 🙂
The immigration line for me was pretty quick though, and lets not even talk about customs – that was less than a 10 second ordeal. It is good to see you arrived safe and sound though, hope you enjoy Tokyo and the event.
Glad you made it through the Tokyo transit system to your hotel. Did you end up at Ghibli or decide to change it up and hit the Tokyo Game Show? TGS was absolutely overwhelming and the game previews definitely lost out to the legions of cosplayers.
Good luck at CEDEC and thanks for the shout out in the post!
I did in fact make it to the Ghibli Museum. Now I feel all inspired. 🙂
I’ve successfully plugged my three-prong laptop plug into a two-prong outlet before, but I can’t guarantee that this won’t cause fire or computer damage. Generally, laptop power adapters are fairly forgiving of all manner of abuse, as long as you don’t accidentally kick your doona over them, while they’re running on Australian 220V. They tend to overheat when you do that. A bit. Not only do you have to replace it, but it’ll stink your room the heck up.
The trains are far, far better than the magical bus (and faster). If you get a chance and stumble into a bookstore, grab a copy of the Tokyo Transit Guide (little orange or silver softcover book). Terribly useful little book. The public transportation in Tokyo is wonderful. Half the fun of visiting.
Narita immigration line has been either a 10 minute breeze or an hour of misery in my experience. Not entirely sure what affects it (presumably terminal, time of day, day of week, etc).
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