Today, the car service picked us up very early to drive us to the airport for our flight to Tokyo. The car was early and all six suitcases, two carryon's, a hat box and a rucksack fit in the vehicle, so we were very happy.
Another enormous airport with a huge array of very nice stores. We had been ticketed by American Airlines for a flight on Cathay Pacific in economy to Tokyo and then in business class on American from Tokyo to Las Vegas. We had a momentary scare when the Cathay Pacific ticket agent wanted to charge us extra for the amount of suitcases we had presented. But I was able to find the printout from American Airlines showing we were in business on American and since American was the longest portion of the trip, American's rules apply. American allows three bags each for business class. Cathay Pacific only allows one bag free and then charges like $300 for each additional bag. Whew! We went through security with a couple who had to pay $600 for excess baggage and they were not happy. Not sure why they had not researched this before.
After grabbing some breakfast, we headed to the business class lounge to relax a few minutes before our flight. Our flight was called, we boarded and flew to Tokyo with no issues.
The hotel wanted $800 each way for a car service. Carey Limo wanted $300 each way. The cabs wanted $200 each way. We had opted for a bus limousine that cost $60 each way plus gave us two metro passes good for two days. We were hesitant that we had made the wrong decision because the cost was so much lower than the other options.
When we came out of immigration, we took about ten steps and the bus limo's counter was right there. We bought our tickets and wheeled our suitcases out about another ten steps to a fellow who unloaded everything to await our bus. The bus came, the gentleman loaded it all under the bus, we climbed aboard a completely empty air conditioned bus and we were whisked into the city.
The bus made two stops in the city, however, no one got on and we were at our hotel, the Peninsula, in about ninety minutes (slightly longer than a car would have made it.) All in all, the bus wasn't half bad.
The Peninsula Tokyo faces the Imperial Palace grounds and backs up on to the Ginza so you couldn't have a better location for exploring the city. We went for a short walk into the Ginza to see the lights and now we're back at the hotel, unpacked and ready to tackle Tokyo tomorrow.
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