12 hour long flights are inhumane

So I knew flying would be rough, but there is no way you can mentally prepare yourself for 12 hours of sitting in a cramped space with a baby crying almost the whole time. My entire body ached and the two melatonin pills I took did nothing. Seriously...how can taking a double dose of sleeping pills not put you to sleep??
Anyway, the movies on the flight were okay, but it was hard to enjoy them with all the discomfort combined with uncontrollable excitement.

 I landed in Japan very eager and happy. Quarantine and Customs wasn't that bad especially considering the food I had tried to bring was taken. Kayo met me at the airport, it was amazing being reconnected with her. We got some juice and snacks for the two hour drive to her house. I got the freshest, most delicious peach juice I have ever had. I also had a beef and egg rice ball, which was weird. It tasted like it should be hot, but was cold. Very tasty, but way to heavy.
We went to Roponggi to meet with some of Kayo's friends. This was the best introduction to Japan that I could have never imagined. We went to a traditional Japanese resturant complete with tatami mats, sitting on the floor and taking your shoes off before you go to your room. We were in our own room and that was a good thing because things got noisy fast once everyone arrived. Everyone was excited to have an American amongst them and wasted no time to practice any english they had learned.
 Then things went rolling fast. Booze was ordered...lots of it. I honestly have no idea how much I drank and the only reason why I am not horribly hung over was the fact that they all drank a large amount of water with as well. Then food was ordered. Lot's of that too. Rare, expensive sashimi was brought into the room. I tried a fish that was in season and very expensive, I wish I had learned the name of it. I also and I still can't believe I did it. I ate horse sashimi....I ate raw horse meat, raw horse liver, and you know the part of the neck where the mane grows out? Yep, I ate that raw too. It is very popular and expensive in Japan. My hosts were happy to make me try something that is almost a taboo in our culture. I have to say if you ever get the chance to try it, you should. It was actually very tasty as long as you didn't think about it. There were 14 people total and the bill was well over $1,000. I was terrified when I saw it. Did I really spend $100 in my first couple of hours? Then the men said, "Katie-chan, welcome to Japan we are buying this meal." I couldn't believe it. So I said, "Mina-sama Arigato Gozaimasu" I can't tell you how many times I said thank you. I bowed very low and just as many times as my horrible Japanese allowed it I showed that I was very grateful and humble.

"Now, let's do kaoroke." They said. And we went right across the street where I had been able to see people doing kaoroke. Here too much wine was ordered. We sang american and Japanese songs, though it was most entaining hearing them sing american songs. Some was awful and some was surprisingly good. We had some desert, I have no idea what it was...maybe icecream. By 3 am I was drunk...very drunk. One of the guys paid for us to take a cab home as we had missed the last train. We got home and I passed out.