check this out!! http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getart...l20010608ks.htm

 

Cool, thanks!

Hey, what is your advice about sleeping or not sleeping on the plane? We don't want to be walking dead when we are there...what's your advice?

 

i always drug myself silly on the way over, force myself to stay up till late the first nite,get some sleep and then go for it on japan time....i repeat the process on the way back but somehow always end up wrecked...but the trip is always worth it!![when my wife came home after a 7 month stint it took her no time to acclimate physically but the cultural readjustment took months...["all these people speaking spanish and chinese" she said.]

 

that's a good resource

 

We're leaving Chicago at 1:15pm Wed, which is 3:15am Thr in Tokyo.

We're arriving 2am Chicago time, or 4pm Tokyo. (13hr flight. For some reason, I thought it was longer.)

Anyway, when we arrive in Tokyo, it's basically like staying up way late then crashing after the sun comes up. If we go to bed at 10pm in Tokyo, that'll be 8am Chicago time. I've stayed up to 8am before, usually slept until mid-afternoon, which corresponds to early morning Tokyo time. No big deal.

Additionally, if I can swing a few hours sleep from, say, 8pm to midnight Chicago time, that'd be like taking a nap around noontime in Tokyo.

I just have this feeling that I'm not going to be able to get to sleep at a reasonable time Friday night. Might be a good oportunity to go clubbing. Of course, I'll probably be dead most of the time anyway, but at least I can hope!

 

must be all fired up.

 

Greg, just act like your back on college time. Party, party, sleep. Study, panic, cram, sleep. You remember, don't you?