Japan
We left Singapore lunchtime on the 8th and flew to Japan. Once again the service was excellent, but the flight was a little bumpy especially was flew over the Philippines and when the sun was setting.
Osaka is a very busy airport but we have transited though Kansai Kuukou affectionately known as Kan ku (関空） many times so after Takyubining our luggage to Okayama and and Ehime we got the transfer bus to the Stargate Hotel.
We stayed on the 44th (in Japanese and Asian numerology 44 is the number of double death) floor and had an amazing view of the Osaka night skyline. Our room rate included breakfast so we had breakfast on the 53rd floor which was a nice buffet of Japanese and Western breakfast. Darren who is a long term resident and employee of the Star gate maybe a very good Omelet. He really does have an amazing view from his 'office' over Osaka bay where he can see all the way to Shikoku and the Akaishi Kaikyou Bridge one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
We then made our way back to the Kansai Int airport caught the express train to Shin Osaka station and began the long journey to Iyo-Ozu Ehime. We left Kansai Int Airport at 12:20 and got to Iyo Ozu just after 6pm. We had a shinkansen journey from Shin Osaka to Okayama which is about 45mins at 300 km per hour on the Nozomi shinkansen, then we took the Salt Wind Express from Okayama to Matsuyama for three hours and finally a local express for 45 mins from Matsuyama to Iyo-Ozu. The best part of the journey was watching the sun go down over the Inland sea which was very beautiful.
I left Ozu after two days to travel to Okayama to start work. Noriko, Hannah and Tamara are staying with her parents until after a commemoration ceremony for her grandmother who died late last year. From all reports Noriko is having a brake, but her parents are tiring quickly because well lets just say that Hannah and Tamara are very busy girls. I'm missing their activity already.
Osaka is a very busy airport but we have transited though Kansai Kuukou affectionately known as Kan ku (関空） many times so after Takyubining our luggage to Okayama and and Ehime we got the transfer bus to the Stargate Hotel.
We stayed on the 44th (in Japanese and Asian numerology 44 is the number of double death) floor and had an amazing view of the Osaka night skyline. Our room rate included breakfast so we had breakfast on the 53rd floor which was a nice buffet of Japanese and Western breakfast. Darren who is a long term resident and employee of the Star gate maybe a very good Omelet. He really does have an amazing view from his 'office' over Osaka bay where he can see all the way to Shikoku and the Akaishi Kaikyou Bridge one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.
We then made our way back to the Kansai Int airport caught the express train to Shin Osaka station and began the long journey to Iyo-Ozu Ehime. We left Kansai Int Airport at 12:20 and got to Iyo Ozu just after 6pm. We had a shinkansen journey from Shin Osaka to Okayama which is about 45mins at 300 km per hour on the Nozomi shinkansen, then we took the Salt Wind Express from Okayama to Matsuyama for three hours and finally a local express for 45 mins from Matsuyama to Iyo-Ozu. The best part of the journey was watching the sun go down over the Inland sea which was very beautiful.
I left Ozu after two days to travel to Okayama to start work. Noriko, Hannah and Tamara are staying with her parents until after a commemoration ceremony for her grandmother who died late last year. From all reports Noriko is having a brake, but her parents are tiring quickly because well lets just say that Hannah and Tamara are very busy girls. I'm missing their activity already.
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