{"id":125,"date":"2017-04-09T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fernost.kandru.eu\/?p=125\/"},"modified":"2017-04-10T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T15:47:09","slug":"it-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fernost.kandru.eu\/en\/it-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"It starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally the time has come. After 6 months of preparations, paperwork and stress, I made my way to Japan. Without sufficient language skills, everything should be in English. Over Hamburg and Dubai it went to Tokyo-Narita.<\/span> Narita airport was selected because he belongs to the airports where the Immigration procedure could be done.<\/span> I did not get much sleep the night before, because I was so nervous.<\/span> And the thought „Why are you doing this?“ The flights ran smoothly, only in Hamburg did I learn to hate my scales, I had suddenly a too heavy hand luggage and my luggage was now 1 Kg below the limit, so I<\/span> could have take more ….<\/span> (Previously I had desperatly to leave a lot,\u00a0 because I was clearly over the weight limit).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After 25 hours traveling and about 12000 km I was at the hotel in Narita. The next morning it was to go to Shizuoka. Otherwise I would have arrived very late. In Dubai, by the way, it was still 28 \u00b0 C at very high humidity around midnight local time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Left: Dubai\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Right: Narita Busstops at terminal 2 in one direction<\/p>\n

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The next morning, I had taken an earlier train to get on time my next train, the Shinkansen.<\/span> Right decision, in contrast to the much acclaimed Japanese train punctuality, my Narita-Express had already a slight delay, which then increased enormously by long-term stoppages.<\/span> There was probably an injured passenger through the railroad security locks, as indicated.<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The Shinkansen seems not much faster than an ICE, but I believe it wasn’t the top speed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Narita Express also held that the doors were in the designated places and the Shinkansen had track sluices, which should prevent a fall.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Arriving in Shizuoka, I was kindly received by the secretary of my future research group. After we briefly registered in the dormitory, my things remained there and we went directly to the research group.<\/span> There I was\u00a0 briefly presented and cordially welcomed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally the time has come. After 6 months of preparations, paperwork and stress, I made my way to Japan. Without sufficient language skills, everything should be in English. Over Hamburg and Dubai it went to Tokyo-Narita. Narita airport was selected because he belongs to the airports where the Immigration procedure could be done. I did…<\/span><\/p>\n

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