Irrashaimase!

Welcome to Japan! Sonos, party of 15, has landed at the Osaka-Kansai airport, gone through Immigration, gathered all the luggage, and gone through Customs.

We met our host, Tamamura-san, outside, loaded up the bus and now are merrily on our way to the Hotel New Archaic in Amagasaki, between Osaka & Kobe.

We have a day off tomorrow & the remaining 3 people (Joel Gingrich, PL Grove, & Brian Houston) will arrive tomorrow night.

I probably won't be posting to this blog much for the next 2 weeks, because I'll be posting to the Sonos in Japan 2009 blog: http://sonos-in-japan-2009.blogspot.com so come read all about our adventures there!!

After a 10-hour flight from SFO-NRT, a 3-hour layover, a 2-hour flight from NRT-KIX, and finally an hour-long bus ride to the hotel, I am beat! (but excited about this tour!)

-Michèle (from my mobile phone)