Layover in Tokyo

It's a 12-hour flight from Denver to Tokyo.  They fed us three times on the plane!  The flight was not crowded, so we had plenty of space to relax.  Some of our friends from Wyoming were on the flight because they are visiting two schools in northern Japan at Misawa.  We also met a young man who is serving in the military at Camp Kinser on Okinawa.  He was from Sheridan.  We could tell because he was wearing a "King Ropes" hat:-)

When Jill and I were flying into Tokyo, we saw this statue right outside the city.  It's a Buddha statue.  Here is some information about it:  http://stayingglobal.blogspot.jp/2011/07/ushiku-no-daibutsu-big-buddha-statue.html.