Our first day in Japan was mixed. Our plane arrived about 90 minutes earlier thanks to a tailwind: awesome. We had some trouble figuring out where to stow our bags on the train from the airport: frustrating. (Also, my carry-on bag weighed about two metric tons. Not fun.)
When we arrived in Shinjuku, we had a little trouble finding our hotel at first, and overshot by about three blocks. Not a huge deal, except that we were rolling big suitcases along a crowded sidewalk. Still, we made it.
Our room is very small, but comfortable. It's a double bed (I think it's bigger than the basic double beds in the U.S., but maybe not), a desk, a TV, a bathroom, and that's it. No drawers; no place to unpack a suitcase. There is a little alcove closet that has four hangers. So we're living out of the suitcases. On the upside, we were able to get a nice, clean, comfortable room for about $120 a night. In Tokyo. So, really: win.
We wandered Shinjuku for quite a while, trying to get our bearings, and also trying to find Tokyu Hands (an insane, 7-story, hardware/craft/everything store). We had ramen for dinner, at a little place just down the street from our hotel. We eventually managed to find Tokyu Hands. The irony: it is just across from our hotel (but kind of kitty-cornered -- it's not like you can see it from the hotel. Still, we felt pretty silly when we finally found it).
We went to bed early that night. I had not slept on the plane, so it had been a very long day for me.
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