Hi all, alex here.
Arrived at 6:00am at Narita Airport. Most of us slept ok on the plane.
This was taken moments after stepping off the plane. Got through customs quickly and were greeted by Byran Thompson (from Wisconsin, US), the coordinator for OMF's short-term teams in Japan and Kenton Samuel (Wolvehampton, UK).
Today, the temperature in Narita was -5 degrees celcius. A team of seven from Melbourne also arrived shortly.. five went with Byran by car to OMF Headquarters with the majority of the luggage. The rest of us got our JRail passes exchanged and then set off to catch a train to Ichikawa.
Hopping off at Ichikawa, we walked for a while to OMF Headquarters. We settled into the place known affectionately as Caesarea Philippi, dropped off our luggage, had a brief orientation session before heading to 7-Eleven for ready-made quick-filling take-away goodness. When it comes to food, the team basically has a budget of 300 Yen for breakfast, 400 Yen for lunch and 500 Yen for dinner.
After lunch, we had some more orientation, learnt about the do's and don't's of japanese culture and got to put it into practice by going on a cultural scavenger hunt. That was a whole lot of fun.. basically being let loose in the streets of Ichikawa.
Note: According to our orientation program, when walking the streets, Bryan told us that we ought always bring along your passport, phone card and money.
Curry for dinner was yummy.
