Wake up at noon after a 10 hour sleep : pretty good for a first night in Japan! We can say that the plan to fight jetlag is a big success! Our reward for such a success was to have brunch under the cherry trees in Tsukuba, and thus experience a strongly anchored japanese tradition : Hanami. This was a great moment! We then moved to Tokyo with N. and A., our hosts in Tsukuba. We took the Tsukuba Express, TX as they call it here. It is a 45 min ride with a "rap...

It was a great pleasure for both of us to find N. waiting for us at the airport with a huge smile on her face ! After the kissing comes the first interaction with japanese people : exchange of our JR coupons. Everything went smoothly and our JR passes are now ready for use strating on Tuesday 13th. For the record, the JR ticket office is at -1 floor when you arrive, on your right. But for now, the main objective of the day is to fight jetlag and to stay awak...