Day 1

Day 1 has been and gone already. Arrived in Osaka at 5.50pm, Jap time which is 7.50pm Aus time, 10 minutes ahead of the scheduled ETA. Good flight, lots of spare seats so I left Mami and went to sleep for 3 hours across four seats at the back of the plane. Cabin staff asked us all to close the window shutters in the plane so most people took the opportunity to sleep. It was quite dark even though it was the middle of the day.

30 minutes befor landing we were asked to raise the shutters. We were flying at 10,000 metres above dense cloud cover. Mami expressed surprised that it was still light at 5.10pm in winter and then hit me with, "but it would probably be dark down on the ground." If you are reading this Tony you can imagine my response to this little gem from Mami. :)

Got train from airport to Hillary's Hotel in Namba (suburb of Osaka). It is small but really nice and includes a free massage chair which has been given a high degree of use. The shower and toilet require a driver's licence to operate and can be confusing as they both spray water!!



Posted by Rob