Irashaimase!

I have arrived in Japan, travel-wearied and still a bit confused as to the current date and time. The long, seeming endless flight here, was actually more pleasant than I expected. However, some things I learned about international travel that I'd wished I'd known before include: they're long (really long), United Airlines feeds you way too much, and being 40,000 feet in the air for over 10 hours is not very pleasant on the eyes or nose.

Unfortunately, I didn't have a window seat and was unable to see the airport coming in or take any pictures. For those who don't know, Kansai International airport is quite a unique airport. It is literally a man-made island composed of tons of sand that was built up into an island. It is a rectangular-shape and made for quite an interesting final approach. We looped around the airport and it seemed to trying to hit the small, islandic airport at just the right angle.

The ride to Kansai Gaidai University was much longer than I expected. Osaka is a massive, sprawling city and its suburbs are almost indiscernable from the Osaka-shi. There are many sights in Osaka that I hope to visit at some point and I will gladly detail those adventures at some point.

I have a few pictures of some sights around the airport that I will publish as soon as I can set up my computer. I am writing from a public computer at the dorm of Kansai Gaidai University.