Took this shot at the Aomori International Airport (International = Includes flights to Russia).
Though it wasn't the season for the famous Aomori ringo (apples), last season's ones look equally shiny and delicious. I bought a green one which cost about 200yen and whoa! It was the sweetest, juiciest, crunchiest apple I ever had! I will never ever refer to the "grown in China" Fuji apples as my favourite apples again.
We were rocked by news that Tokyo was experiencing crazy weather and strong winds, so our flight was delayed for an hour. Took this in the airport out of boredom:
Japanese (high?) school students boarding the same plane as us. School trip!
The next few hours were the most nauseating of my trip. Thanks to the typhoon that was blowing across central Japan, the ENTIRE flight was filled with upward and downward lurches, rather like those theme park rides where they drag you up into the sky and drop you all the way down. My mind was alternating between keeping my lunch inside and hoping that the plane would reach quicker. I think most of the passengers were throwing up. Some were even praying!
It got even worse when we were about to land at Haneda Airport - I was really afraid that the winds would blow the plane over, you could tell from the shaking that the pilot was struggling to bring it down. Then he pulled the plane up just as the wheels were going to touch down, aborted the landing. Took another 45minutes of circling and near-vomitness before we finally touched down safely.
Remember those students? Every one of them was clutching the barf bag as they walked out of the plane. What an experience. Not that I'd want to go through that again.
Thanks to the delay we had to rush through the Tokyo leg of the tour. This is the well-known Ueno station crossing. The winds and rain were really heavy!
Then we went to Ginza for some (high-end) retail therapy - I went into Burberry to use their toilet HAHAHA. Took a short walk before I chanced upon a record store and voila!
An autographed guitar and massive promotions of YUI's latest album, I Loved Yesterday!
They had a floor for CDs and videos, a floor for classical music, a floor for songbooks and music scores and finally a floor for guitars!
We had dinner at this buffet BBQ restaurant. See that plate next to the grill on the left? That's wagyu beef! Tasted pretty normal, but the meat was super soft and tender!
Stayed at a hotel next to Narita airport to prepare for the flight back to Singapore (them), while (we) prepared for all the action to come in Tokyo!
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