So LAX is a bit old and run down looking. Our last flight was crowded and it seems this one is too. Hopefully it will be absent of loud-mouthed surfer teens and their loud-mouthed grandmothers. Sleeeepy! We really want Taco Bell, Skyline and pizza!

Now we are just making a blog at each connecting airport to get map achievements! Let me tell ya, a 9 hour flight to California is much better than a 13-14 hour flight from Chicago!

Okay, last flight before we are home. Man, we are totally done with planes!

And thus ends our trip, our honeymoon, to Japan. Let's go over our trip: What was the coolest thing we saw? Angie: Inari Shrine. Even though we saw a lot of it, it was new to me and really dramatic and cool! Jeph: The majestic ducks in Takayama. They looked just like real ducks! What was the biggest let-down? Angie: The Takayama Festival. I think the crowds ruined it by not letting me see any of the street performances. The lanterns were pretty and the float...

Today we went to Harajuku early to meet a good friend of mine, Laura Waiss. She has been here for a year now teaching English and we were super excited to meet again! It has been a loooong time since I've seen her. She was our tour guide for the day as we started out walking around Harajuku, catching up. Nothing was open yet, so she suggested we go to a place she called a "cheap Disneyland of food". We headed to Ikebukuro to Sunshine City, a place we had used as...