Taking a Cat to Japan, Part 2: Customs and Cat-ligraphy

Oobie isn’t good in carriers, so I worried about her reaction to the nearly 24-hour journey from Los Angeles to our first short-term apartment in Tokyo. To my relief, she handled it like a champ. She complained a little on the flight from LAX to Seattle, but the engines and vibration put her to sleep shortly after takeoff, and she slept for most of the flight from Seattle to Tokyo as well. She woke up during dinner service–and ate the chicken breast I shared, as well as a single-serving container of cat food I brought along on the plane. I