Tokyo!

And we've made it!  Summary so far:

• 12:55 is in fact a very long time to be on an airplane.  Can confirm.  That said, I really think that it could have been way worse.  Shout out to Delta (who ever saw that coming?) but the food was highly edible, the flight attendants came around frequently with drinks, and the on-board entertainment was pretty comprehensive.  I finally watched the Big Short, which was 1000% depressing.  Luckily though, I also watched Zootopia, which, in addition to being a great movie in general, has a very uplifting message and deals with some sensitive subjects incredibly well.  SO good.  Shakira steals the show :)
• I didn't read a ton, because the lights went down on the plane about two hours in (we assumed to simulate "night," though it never actually got dark, or just to save the flight attendants from having everyone up and moving for 13 hours), but I've opted to start with The City of Dreaming Books.  Thus far, I like it.
• Customs and leaving the airport was a breeze.  Got the wrong train tickets to start, but everyone was super helpful, and got us straightened out pretty quickly.  The train ride into Tokyo was very comfortable, and we got to see a little of the countryside (and also the kudzu... good to see that it's invasive everywhere).
• We're staying near Tokyo Station in a nice (but tiny!) room at the Tokyo Courtyard Marriott.  We had planned to decompress for a little while and then head back out for dinner, and we did that, if by "decompress" we mean "fall dead asleep for four hours."  Luckily, we were able to stumble into a waffle shop, and get waffles with ice cream (it's like Tokyo took the good stuff from Belgium, and ditched all the crap, like the Brussels airport).

Tomorrow we head for Yokohama to catch our cruise ship!  Despite our naps, my guess is that we will both sleep well tonight, or, you know, as you EST people like to say, at 11:00 AM.