T minus 18 hours 19 minutes

It's 12:41am and I just created the promised travel blog. Our first flight is tomorrow at 7pm... We're not yet packed, but we have all of the other requirements sorted:

• visa (boo ya!)
  
• passports
• yen
• euros
• a few british pounds
• lonely planet guides
• pineapple lumps and 42 below for our adored hosts in Japan
• marmite
• probably far too many items of clothing but eh

I'm sure we will suddenly remember something vital once we arrive in Japan, but really, what's the likelihood that it's actually important? As long as we have passports and money we should be fine.

Apparently the first thing we're doing when we arrive at Becky's house is heading out for all you can eat and drink karaoke. Possibly the Japanese have not encountered appetites like ours so this is a foolish arrangement on their part... However I'll probably be quite tired so we'll see how keen we are once we've navigated customs and the japanese bus system. I'm very excited to use our phrase book that we possibly should have opened at a point earlier than two days before needing it :)

Watch this space, there will be hotpix