We arrived just as Typhoon Man-Yi was grazing the coast to the west of Tokyo. Due to Man-Yi, we spent the last hour and a half of our flight with seat-belts firmly fastened; a squirmy, baby wriggling & complaining in our arms. In fact, the threat of turbulence was so severe that the captain asked flight attendants to be seated as well, so we missed our final meal. Not that there ever was any actual turbulence, mind you, but it is probably best to play these things safe rather than have a cabin full of flying food and drink, and babies.
We touched down at Narita International Airport at 1 pm on Sunday the 15th, and it wasn't even raining. So much for Typhoon Man-Yi.
We were travelling fairly heavy, so we dropped our checked bags off at a luggage delivery service. What a brilliant idea! for 50 bucks, they delivered 300 lbs of luggage to door on Monday morning. And Monday was a holiday: Marine Day your average "take a day off work to give thanks for the sea" type holiday.
While I was sitting in the lobby of our apartment building, reading the paper and waiting for the luggage delivery man, I started to get a strange feeling; it was almost like the earth was moving. I looked up, my worst fears realized as the curtains in the lobby began swaying to and fro. Thankfully, that's all the more intense the shaking got, and about 15 seconds after it began, it was all over. My desire to go make sure everything was all right with Sarah and Robbie overrode my fear of getting stuck in an elevator, so I swallowed hard, crossed my fingers, ducked into the elevator and hitthebuttonforthefifthfloorreallyfast. Sarah, of course, realized what was going on and watched our apartment's curtains sway, along with the flower on our LDK (living room / dining room / kitchen) table. Robert on the other hand was completely oblivious.
The luggage arrived shortly after the earthquake, we unpacked our things, and we are now more-or-less fully moved in. Here are a few pictures of the place:
Our contact information is:
David, Sarah & Robert Kirkbride
2-7-26 Shirokane #501, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-0072
Phone: +(81) 3-5789-5033
3 comments:
I tried emailing you to find out if you guys dlet with the quake ok but I had the wrong address:) Glad to hear eberything is fine your blog is now in my fav's and Ill check on it every couple days!
Glad to see you made it safely, despite the typhoon and earthquake. What's next, a volcanic eruption?
Hmm...sounds like danger follows you around. Glad you made it there safe and sound!
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