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⭐ DAY 14 — Wednesday, June 10

TOKYO → HANEDA (HND) → DETROIT → GREENVILLE

Smooth departure • no stress • calm morning • easy transit

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This day is designed around your precise flight schedule.

✈️ Your Flight Details

HND → DTW
Departs: 3:15 PM
Terminal: 3
Connection: Detroit → Greenville
Arrival back home: 5:41 PM

Perfect — now we sync the entire morning.

🌅 7:00 – 9:00 AM — Slow, Peaceful Last Morning in Tokyo

You’ve had a full journey — no need to squeeze in more sightseeing.

Your options for this morning:

⭐ Option A — Light neighborhood walk

If staying near Hotel Niwa or Kanda/Jimbocho:

  • Quiet streets

  • Temples

  • Bookstores

  • Cafés

⭐ Option B — Easy breakfast café

Café recommendations:

  • Glitch Coffee (Kanda)

  • Tully’s Coffee (everywhere, reliable)

  • Sarabeth’s Tokyo (if you want something more Western)

⭐ Option C — Stay in hotel room

  • Final packing

  • Enjoy one last calm tea

  • Charge devices

  • No rush

Recommendation:
➡️ A simple morning walk + breakfast
This gives closure without stress.

🧳 9:00 – 10:00 AM — Final Packing + Checkout

Do this calmly:

  • Ensure all USB chargers are in one pouch

  • Pack all fragile items well

  • Wrap the woodblock print if you made one

  • Roll clothing to cushion souvenirs

  • Check all drawers (Japanese hotels have hidden ones)

Checkout at 10:00 or 11:00 AM depending on hotel rules.

🚕 12:00 PM — Leave Your Hotel for Haneda Airport

This departure time is perfect for:

  • No stress

  • No crowds

  • Plenty of airport time

  • Smooth security + immigration

You already know this timing from earlier, but here’s why it works:

  • Drive or monorail to Haneda: 20–35 minutes

  • You must arrive 2 hours before international flights

  • 12:00 PM hotel departure = ~12:40 PM airport arrival

  • Your flight departs at 3:15 PM

Perfect window.

How to get from hotel → Haneda:

⭐ Option A — Taxi (best for ease)

  • Cost: ~$45–65 depending on hotel location

  • Door to door

  • No stairs, no transfers

  • Best for late 50s travelers

⭐ Option B — Train/Monorail

If staying near JR line:

  • JR line → Hamamatsucho → Tokyo Monorail → HND

  • Very easy

  • Very smooth

  • Takes ~35–45 minutes

Taxi is still my recommended choice today.

🛫 12:40 – 1:00 PM — Arrive at Haneda Airport (Terminal 3)

Haneda is one of the world’s easiest and most beautiful airports.

Follow simple signage:

➡️ INTERNATIONAL
➡️ DEPARTURES
➡️ DELTA
➡️ CHECK-IN COUNTER

Everything is in English.

🛄 1:00 – 1:20 PM — Check In

  • Present passports

  • Check baggage

  • Get both boarding passes (Tokyo → DTW → GSP)

  • Ask for your connecting gate number for Detroit → Greenville

Delta staff are extremely helpful at HND.

🔐 1:20 – 1:40 PM — Security + Immigration

Haneda is smooth:

  • Shoes stay on

  • Laptops stay inside bags

  • Liquids stay in your bag

  • No chaos

  • Officers are polite and efficient

Immigration stamp-out is quick.

🛍️ 1:40 – 2:50 PM — Relax Inside Terminal 3

You have options:

⭐ Last Japanese meal (recommended)

  • Sushi

  • Ramen

  • Udon

  • Bento boxes

Great airport restaurants include:

  • Soba Udon Renge

  • TsuruTonTan (famous udon chain)

  • Ginza Grill (classic Japanese comfort food)

⭐ Shopping (if desired)

  • Beautiful Japanese ceramics

  • Tea

  • Chopsticks

  • Stationery

  • Specialty KitKats (regional flavors)

⭐ Quiet seating area overlooking runway

  • Perfect for journaling

  • Reflecting on the trip

  • Taking final photos

This is a good time for a calm goodbye.

✈️ 2:50 PM — Boarding

Delta boarding typically starts 25 minutes before departure, but:

  • Line up early

  • Have passports ready

  • Keep boarding passes accessible

The flight is long, but the aircraft is comfortable.

🌎 3:15 PM — Depart Tokyo (Haneda)

You take off over Tokyo Bay and begin the journey home.

Because you cross the International Date Line, you land in Detroit the same day.

🇺🇸 1:45 PM — Arrive Detroit (DTW)

Steps:

  1. U.S. customs & immigration

  2. Pick up luggage

  3. Recheck bags at Delta Transfer counter

  4. Go through security again

  5. Walk to domestic gate

Your layover is 1 hour 30 minutes, which is adequate (DTW is efficient).

🛫 3:15 PM — Depart DTW → GSP

Short flight home.

🛬 5:41 PM — Arrive Greenville (Home)

Welcome home — you’ve completed an extraordinary journey.

⭐ DAY 14 SUMMARY (Optimized for Your Style)

Mood:

  • Calm

  • Gentle

  • No rushing

  • Reflective

  • Comfortable

Timing:

  • Leave hotel: 12:00 PM

  • Arrive at HND: 12:40 PM

  • Check in: 1:00 PM

  • Security: 1:20 PM

  • Lunch + wander: 1:40–2:50 PM

  • Boarding: 2:50 PM

  • Flight: 3:15 PM

Everything is seamless.