Leaving on a Jet Plane

I left Tokyo yesterday so this is already the second day of my current trip having had an overnight transit at Incheon International Airport, one of the largest airline hubs in East Asia, near Seoul, Korea.

The end of April/the first week of May is a huge vacation period for Japan and this year while not all days of the so-called “Golden Week” are national holidays, the company I work for is closed for 10 consecutive days.  All seats on the Keisei Skyliner I took to Narita were sold out and mine was one of the last ones.  Phew.  The airport was extremely busy as well.

Mt. Fuji from the sky.

At Incheon after arrival. Spent a couple of hours in the airline lounge working.

This hotel is situated inside the International Terminal at Incheon, after immigration and securities if you’re coming from inside Korea. If you’re in transit, you do not enter the country.

The view from my room, looking out to the check-in counter area.

From this morning. It’s a huge airport as you can tell from the number of gates it has.

Now waiting for my flight to Frankfurt with an onward journey to Zagreb, Croatia.

April Sushi! Movies! and Music! All Packed in One

Yes, I could go on eating sushi everyday actually…

So that covered the sushi bit.  Now the movies.  Wow.  So many good ones, new and old, deep and funny.

The Lobster

My Mother

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Love is Strange

Magical Girl

Absolutely Anything

The Danish Girl

Babettes Gæstebud

This Must be the Place

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

The Whole Truth

Serial (Bad) Wedding

Sicario

Omar

Drive

Apocalypse Now

As for music, different genres, lots of in-stores.

For the funniness I choose this French film as my film of the month.

April Nails and Soft-Serves!

New colors for the spring.

Strawberry flavor always feels like April.

From a proper fruit shop. Note the strawberries behind. That’s about US$50 for that box of strawberries.

From a much more casual convenience store.

Was supposed to be milk but baaaaaad.

Afghan Dining in Tokyo

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My two good friends and I tried an Afghan restaurant a couple of weeks ago as part of our monthly experience of “eat-the-world” in Tokyo get-together.

The restaurant offered Asian dishes that were not necessarily Afghan as well but we tried to stick to our theme though the cheese platter had nothing to do with that.  And the seared lamb seemed a bit more Japanese than Afghan.

The main dining room became packed quickly. There was more seating in the back with tables and chairs.

PAO Caravan Sarai

French and Italian Dining in (Mostly) Tokyo in the Month of April, 2016

Some great and some definitely over-rated…

Air France dessert