Journey To Japan and Thailand

As is typical I had last minute patients to see exactly 20 minutes before I had to be at the airport. I stopped by the office quickly before I went to the plane. Understand plastic surgery patients for the most apart are not emergency type patients so my last minute having to see a patient is nothing more than my staff causing me a headache. Certainly they could see the RED -DOCTOR LEAVNG DO NOT SCHEDULE on our computerized scheduling program. Yes this staff member who scheduled saw that but choose to ignore it I suppose.  It never ends the schedule. 

First let me review the first leg of the journey and share with you how I do these trips and maybe you can learn from my misadventures. Well I like Japan Airlines, service is good, movies are good and I have never had a problem in  the years I have flown with them. My wife likes them as well and since she makes most travel arrangements we do that one. In trips where she does not go she still does that one for me. 

When I travel I always wear shoes that can come on and off quickly because of security here in the USA. They always make us take off ours shoes. So I have serveral sets of shoes which are like slippers designed much like operating room shoes. These are pictured below. These shoes are made in Italy. I use them in the operating room as well for my plastic surgery cases.

Shoes in TSA basket for X-Ray

These are easy to slip on and off.  They are comfortable to wear and you can take them off easy during the plane ride easy as well. These surgeon shoes can be ordered online. Then  we get inspected by the TSA guy as shown looking at my stuff with blue gloves on. The line went quickly and then on to Japan. I fall asleep or watch movies is how I kill time. I like to stay over at least a night or two in Japan to break up the long flight to Thailand. I like Japan for the food and culture so I soak that up when there. I have very good plastic surgery buddy in Tokyo as well, so we usually visit.

The Narita express is the train from Narita airport to Shinjuku Station as I like to stay near there. Easy access to many places from Shinjuku. It takes about 90 minutes to get to Shinjuku. When you leave the Shinjuku station the sounds are city and rush of people all around. I like that!

sign in Japan

Well Japan is excellent place for observing people trying new food and looking at a culture which is really different than the west. One minute you will see kimono clad woman and the next thing you will see a Obama Costume hanging in store. I could write about Japan for ever as its so Henano!

Obama Costume in Shinjuku Store