Layover in Japan

On my way back home to Florida for the holidays, I had almost 7 hours in Japan's Narita airport before my connecting flight to the US. I didn't have enough time to make it to downtown Tokyo, but the town of Narita was only 1 train station away and had to be more interesting than hanging out in the airport, so I went to check it out.

While in line for immigration, I met a guy named Chris (from the US, currently working in Kuala Lumpur) who was in a similar situation of having time to kill so after clearing customs, we headed off to the train station to go to Narita.

Narita is a pretty small town, but it is known for the Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple which attracts over 10 million visitors annually. The morning I went though...there were only about 10 people total. Overall, I think Narita is a city of later starts. Most streets were pretty empty and a lot of the shops I came across didnt open until 10am. On my walk back to the train station, I saw some poor eels getting pulled out of their ice bath and then...cut up...alive...Iron Chef style.

All in all, it was a great way to spend a few hours outside of the airport!