A Longer Trip to Hokkaido

drron · Saturday at 11:13 PM

The food though was very basic.

But they did have curry bread which I do like.

The rain was starting to settle.

drron · Sunday at 5:44 PM

The last views from the lounge.

Then we boarded and the rain began again.

And by take off it was heavy.

The clouds didn't clear until we were approaching HND.

Quickstatus · Sunday at 5:57 PM

Bittersweet?

drron · Sunday at 6:17 PM

It's a race.

Smog over HND.

And we are down.

drron · Monday at 2:19 PM

We had a really long taxi to the gate. Good for plane spotting.

Caught the bus from T2 to T3 and soon at the Villa Hotel Grande and only 5 minutes until the Check in machines were turned on. I now make a deliberate mistake and a staff member comes and does it all for me. And she gave us a good upgrade - a much bigger room with a view, First the room.

Must have known it was going to be our last stay.

drron · Monday at 2:21 PM

And the view. Very pleasant.

drron · Monday at 10:01 PM

We then went downstairs and had a look at the shops and restaurants. There had been a few closures since our visit 3 months ago.

Matcha donuts.

Didn't find anything for dinner so went back to the terminal. First some of the decorations.

drron · Monday at 10:08 PM

W ent to a Japanese restaurant we have eaten at before. Was a bit of a wait for a table. A reasonable meal. Mrsdrron had her usual salmon bowl and I tempura with added fried oysters.

Back to the hotel and the last view of the corridor.

And the night view.

drron · Wednesday at 10:32 PM

And so begins our last day in Japa. feeling a bit sad. Good staying at the airport. We had packed the night before so awoke just before 0600 and strolled across to the terminal. check in was open and no J queue. quickly through security and to the lounge.SQ use the ANA lounges at HND. All our international flights on this trip were SQ J awards. A very large lounge but I liked the JAL lounges a little more. Food offerings were similiar. Sorry about the pictures. The first do the typical iphone trick of misaligning the pictures I got them right on several occasions but when posting the first 4 pics always reverted to sideways.