Pictured fresh off the airplane after a 14 hour flight from Houston to Tokyo are Michael and Mike (whom we met at the Houston airport), Joel, Daryl, Raul, and Tom.

Toward the end of April, Daryl got a call from our good friend Raul. Raul mentioned that he and Tom were going to Japan in a couple of days. Continental was running a super special promotional offering round-trip Tokyo tickets for only 25,000 frequent flyer miles.

Deciding that this was too good a deal to pass up, we dropped everything and found ourselves on the same plane with them two days later.

Follow our journey as we navigate this beautiful county.

Click here for the first stop: Kyoto

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