After we get to Tokyo, we are going to go sightseeing for a day or two, before continuing north and east towards Alaska.

The flight out was dark, but otherwise was ok. The sun rose about 20 minutes into the flight, as we hit 13,000 feet. Asit got lighter out, we could see that there were some clouds, but not too many. There was a layer of fog covering a lot of some islands, especially as we got closer to mainland Japan.

I'm very suprised there isn't much more aircraft activity as we get closer to Tokyo. We are the only one coming in to Atsugi, and there is very little chatter at all at Tokyo Center.

We line up for the approach to runway 1, and as we pass over the coast, we can see downtown Tokyo rising in the distance to the east. It's a non-descript landing, and we taxi over to GA parking, where we will be for a while.

We're going to do land-based sightseeing today, and then tomorrow afternoon, a short flight over the city to another airport, where we will spend the night. After that, it's onward towards home.

LEG	Start	Start Time	Land	Land Time	Distance	Trip Time	Fuel Used
1	ROKJ Kumejima, Japan	20:00 GMT 11/17/01	RJTA Tokyo, Japan	01:58 GMT 11/18/01	851 NM	5 hr 58 min	268 gal
Day Total					851 NM	5 hr 58 min	268 gal
Trip Total					20,722 NM	136 hr 03 min	7224 gal

Pictures

Climbing out before dawn	Sunrise over the Pacific Ocean
Land of the Rising Sun	Lots of smaller islands along the way
Approaching the 4 big islands	A view from under the left wing
Looking down at one of the many cities we are passing	Downtown Tokyo in the distance
On final at Atsugi Aero	Parked at Atsugi

Where we've been so far

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