Day 0 - traveling to Tokyo Japan

We traveled to Japan on January 27, 2023, for a 10-day trip with our toddler! It was hard, but we survived. The flight from Manila to Haneda Airport in Japan was about 5 hours long. This was our first international trip, and we traveled with three other families from my partner's mother's side.

Our first international trip! Our departure was around 8 am. As a Filipino, of course we were there at 5 am lol. Woke up 3 am, at around 4am we travelled from Marikina to Pasay, that was about an hour of travel time.

Now, we're off! I think the little kiddo was scared when we took off, but he didn't show it. Instead, he said he was "sleepy," and we held his hands anyway.

We traveled with PAL. We never had a bad experience with them! The little one is now distracted with watching movies.

Arrived just in time with no delays!

From the Haneda Airport, we hop on to a train going to Gotanda, where we'll be staying

Our room in Mystays at Gotanda. Getting ready to eat out

First order of business!

We tried Yoshinoya here, and it is way waay different than the branches here in Manila!! It's much more tasty, lots of side dishes, and more sauces available on the side!

Checked out some stores around gotanda, then rain poured. We headed back to our hotel room to rest and called it a day.

We were already in our PJs when we saw a rare (yes rare!- it was in the news) snow outside of our hotel window! We were excited, we are welcomed by this beautiful snow!
note: In the typical year, Tokyo gets only one or two days of light snowfall

Conor's first snow experience!

Happy kiddos!

Nightcap. Much needed Strong Zero beer (and sausage and smoked cheese which by the way is the best combo!!) to end the night.

P.S I'll be posting Day 1 of our Tokyo travel tomorrow! Stay tuned!