The morning of our trip began with breakfast and then heading over to Morgan’s to pick him up. We headed to the airport and didn’t hit much traffic on the way over. Check-in and security went smoothly and we were at the gate in no time. After an hour of waiting at the gate, spending a good bit of that time texting family and friends about the trip, we all boarded the plane and the adventure felt like it was really about to begin. What had started off as a whim one night where we talked about how cool it would be to travel to Tokyo together was finally about to get going – and we were so game for it!

Seating Rearrangements

Once we boarded, Morgan and I took our seats. I had a window seat, Morgan in the middle, and another passenger had the aisle. We’d spoken about this earlier, and as soon as the stewardess closed the cabin door, Morgan got up and moved back a number of rows to sit in an aisle seat with someone who had a window seat. Each of us now had a row with the middle seat unoccupied and we therefore had a bit more room to stretch out and share the middle with the other person to put personal knick backs within arms reach.

Lunch service started pretty quickly. We had the choice of chicken or pork. I settled on: Pork teriyaki with rice, salad, edamame and pickled radish, roll & butter, brownie, and sierra Mist & Wine to drink.

If you guys know me, you know my little trick. I warm up my bread and butter using the entree’s warmth. It takes a few minutes and I often start to eat after all the noise of wrappers opening and drink cans opening subsides as others begin their meal. That said, it makes it worth it to me. I enjoyed the meal and also mixed wine with some Sierra Mist, it was a nice combination in my opinion.

In the middle of the flight, we were offered snacks and provided a: ham and white American sandwich with a spicy topping spread, a rice cracker snack mix, and salted caramel gelato cup.

Once we landed and both Morgan and I claimed our luggage, we headed to “name of train”. We bought tickets and headed to the platform.

Airbnb & Yodobashi

Once we got into Tokyo, we bought our SUICA cards and proceeded to make our way to Akihabara Station. Our Airbnb was in Akiba (a nickname for the area). We had been told by the host that he’d meet us at the station and walk us over to the place. We waited a while but he eventually came and got us. We went over to the spot.

From the place, we could see a backstreet behind the main Akiba strip. But before we could enjoy much, we were hungry and it was getting late.

We decided to go to Yodobashi for a few reasons. Some places were closed already, while other places we found were too far away. Yodobashi was within walking distance, was open, and it peaked our interest. Yodobashi is a massive electronics store with a food hall at the top. Therefore, we made our decision. We’d take the escalators up through the various floors of electronics goods to let us get a glimpse of the shopping treasures Akiba offered all the while working towards our final goal of food on the top floor – Yodobashi was the move!

We found and made line at a sushi restaurant with a conveyor belt called, Magurobito. I ate my favorite fish, mackerel, and tried a number of other things. It was amazing and it hit the spot. Afterwards, we went back down the escalators and spent some more time looking around before we got tired and decided to head back to get some sleep. Although we cut our time in Yodobashi short considering the immense size of the place compared to the ground we covered, we had finally made it to Tokyo, and could dream of what we’d see and experience next.