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KMKazie: Fri 05/11/2018: Packed and ready!
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KMKazie: I had to take off so many things at the security check. Their policy is always slightly different.
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KMKazie: Arrived at the gate.
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KMKazie: The flight DL275, Airbus A350-900.
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KMKazie: Passed by Alaska and entering Russian airspace.
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KMKazie: Flying by Hokkaido, where I was born. Asahikawa is the town.
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KMKazie: A350 wing in the sky. Made of CFRP. See the slight warp? A view from 33A.
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KMKazie: Sat 05/12/2018: Arrived at Narita, Japan.
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KMKazie: The Japanese in the second line reads "Welcome home."
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KMKazie: Narita Terminal 1 Arrival Lobby.
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KMKazie: Rapid Sobu Line for Tokyo. Probably having 15 cares.
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KMKazie: Inside of the rapid train.
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KMKazie: Shin-Kiowa is my stop. See the JO-23? It's the station code adopted for foreign visitors, because Japanese names are very foreign.
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KMKazie: My ticket from Narita Airport Terminal 1 to Shin-Koiwa for JR (Japan Railways) lines. I was a little surprised for it having no station names in English alphabets.
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KMKazie: Station exit.
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KMKazie: This one is only for contactless smart cards they call Suica. You place the card on the glowing blue oval.
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KMKazie: Outside of the JR Shin-Koiwa station. It's a typical view of train stations in suburban Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba.
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KMKazie: Walked for 10 minuets and arrived at my friend’s apartment building. Japanese call this type of apartments "mansion". I don't know how it started.
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KMKazie: Meet my friend’s Ken-Ken the robot dog Sony AIBO!
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KMKazie: Let our reunion party begin!
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KMKazie: Sun 05/13/2018: A view from my friend's apartment on the 13th floor. The spiking tower on the right is the Tokyo Skytree.
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KMKazie: Ken-Ken the AIBO wakes up. (Booting up?)
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KMKazie: My first ramen noodles in this trip at 一颯 (いぶき/Ibuki)
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KMKazie: Louis Garneau and Hummer branded bikes? Really.
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KMKazie: Another view from my friend’s apartment. Southeast side.
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KMKazie: Inside of Akihabara station.
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KMKazie: A snack at St. Marc Café. A croissant with chocolate in it named Choco Cro and Yuzu tea.
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KMKazie: Around Ueno.
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KMKazie: Came to check the location of the US Embassy. See the US flag?
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KMKazie: I haven't seen this many people moving to the same direction so long. Everyone is heading for a subway station.