The ESP Guitar Company

What up Gfunky!

No, I did not bring one home, although I was tempted.  The used market prices in Japan are ridiculously low.  

I highly recommend taking Mrs Funk.  Hit me up if you have any questions.  We went to Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.  

The flight wasn't bad actually.  We took a Southwest flight from Sacramento to LAX and then took JAL out to Osaka.  Flights for us were much cheaper (about half the price) going this route versus flight direct out of Sacramento.  As far as length of the flight, it wasn't that bad for me.  I had some work to finish up, which took up 9 hours of the 11 hour flight.  On the way back it was a 9 hour flight, and I just watched Daredevil season 3 which helped the time go by.  Not sure where you are flying out of, so depending on when you land, you may just want to pull an all nighter and sleep at night when you land in Japan.  That's what I ended up doing both ways, and surprisingly, jet lag didn't kick my ass.  The seats on JAL economy class were comfortable, and have more elbow and leg room than most other planes I've been on.  For reference I'm 5'8" 175lbs (muscular build).  

Coolio.  We would fly out of Miami to probably Seattle or Vancouver for a weekend and then make the jump over.  Thanks for the heads up on JAL.  We recently had a poor experience with Air France and their economy class.  Probably the worst airline seats I have ever experienced, not including puddle jumpers and other small planes.  I may hit you up for some ideas in time.  Just haven't gotten that far yet.  Thanks!

Yes but you'll have to go back to pick it up when it's done.