The photo at left, taken by Akko, shows Johnny Depp as he arrives at Narita Airport and greets waiting fans. To see a larger version of the photo, CLICK HERE, and to see the photo Lotte took on her cell phone, which shows Johnny waving to the crowd, CLICK HERE. Johnny and director Tim Burton have a very busy day scheduled–first a press conference, then a fan event, and finally the Tokyo premiere of Alice in Wonderland.

Japanese news sources report that more than a thousand well-wishers came to Narita Airport to welcome Johnny to Japan. To see a photo of Johnny arriving in Japan, CLICK HERE; you can see a photo of Johnny with the crowd HERE.

The Zone will be carrying a live video stream of the Japan Fan Event, as we did for the Ultimate Fan Event in Los Angeles and the Royal World Premiere in London; you can watch on our Pit General Discussion Forum. The Fan Event begins at 5 p.m. Tokyo time on Monday, which is 8 a.m in the UK and 4 a.m. Eastern time in the U.S. See the discussion thread on the Pit for GAO’s translation of tweets from the press conference; she has been following the event on Twitter for the Zone and doing a fantastic job of providing simultaneous translation. Many thanks to GAO, Lotte, jdsuki, vanessa119, Akko, Cayo, and In-too-Depp for sharing news and pictures from Japan–you are wonderful!–and thanks to Theresa for the video feed.