arrival

1pm and we arrived at the narita airport...we followed the other people since we are not familiar of the place...we've seen our jap manager and we also followed him...he passed by the quarantine, then the embassy...at the embassy, we lined and waited for our turn..after the embassy, our jap manager met us and joined us..he helped us look for our baggage and checked out from the airport..
we purchased the ticket for narita express which will bring us to shinagawa and as to what mr shigeta said, from shinagawa we can take another train for yokosuka-chou where our hotel is...

the trip is for 2-3 hours..the train is nice, and it was peaceful..i was able to look at the view outside and see places in Japan...we had several stops, i think 2-3 stops, then we arrived at shinagawa..

shinagawa station is big and has lots of people...people come and go and are all in a hurry trying to catch up a train...or going out from the station...we just followed mr shigeta, with our luggages..ehehe...he was not familiar of the liner we are going to take so he first asked for some directions...we purchased again another ticket for keikyu line train and waited...inside the train, mr shigeta is teaching us how to ride and look at the map...he also told us that the train we are in will be the same one we will be riding everyday going to YRP...

around 4pm, we arrived at the yokosuka-station...i was so tired carrying the luggage, and we even took the stairs...ehehe..the luggage was so heavy that i felt like it will carry me down the stairs..ahahha...mr shigeta and all the other people are walking so fast and i am left behind coz my luggage is so heavy...

we stopped at one map at the station and we tried locating where the hotel is..the name of the hotel is Hotel yokosuka. it says that it is only a 5minute walk from the station..we went out from the station, and went our way to the hotel...we were a little lost coz we have been walking for 5minutes or more but we havent seen the hotel or any sign of it...we stopped and asked...there is one guy who helped us...and finally, after almost giving up coz my hands are aching, my shoulders are aching from carrying the laptop and my another bag(that i was about to tell edric if its ok if ill jst stop and wait for them to see the hotel...ahahah..), we are finally near the hotel...

it is near a hospital but not near the highway...we checked in, paid the bills, agreed to meet at the lobby at 7pm for dinner and went to our respective rooms...

my room is nice...i started unpacking, rested a little and took a shower to freshen up...it was almost 6pm coz we arrived at the hotel at around 530pm...quarter to 7 and i went down to the lobby, texted home that i am already in japan and waited for mr shigeta...he arrived several minutes after and we went out to look for a place to eat..

we decided to eat at Denny's...its a western style restaurant that serves steak and a little japanese foods, though the preparation and some other stuffs are still japanese.. :)

mr shigeta said that he will be treating us for a dinner..he asked us what do we want and i was a little shy to choose coz its his treat ;) i decided to have chicken and salad...tried something different this time..the food is served with either rice or bread and a corn soup...for drinks, i ordered milk tea with pearls or "sago" :)

the food was great and that was my first time talking to our jap manager..he is nice and we talked about what to do the next day since we will be going to YRP and report there..

when done eating we went back to the hotel...then minutes after, edric called me up and said mr shigeta wants to meet us at the lobby coz ms noemi and our jap counterparts are there...

i went down, and we are shocked coz we did not talk but instead they are going somewhere...that is for a dinner...ahahha...

we went to this place that is sort of a bar, with lots of teenagers drinking and smoking and are so noisy..ehehe...there i had my first taste of different japanese foods...they are the one who ordered except for drinks so we simply ate what is on the table...

first we had this sort of bean, baguio means that is what we are calling it...it is boiled yet it looked raw...it is eaten like peanuts...for drinks, i had a fruit juice...i dont really like the beans but out of respect i ate a little... :) then comes the different jap foods...some looked interesting, some looked weird, some looked tasty...i jst tried those that i am not scared of....ahahha...

they drunk...they had sake..and since were girls of course we are saved...had a little chat, with the help of miss noemi and mr shigeta and at around
11pm, they decided to went home coz they might miss the last train...

we went back to the hotel, continued unpacking and checked email....

that was it for the first day...ahaha...it was late so id rather sleep...

yasumi... ;)