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Transportation Report: Travelling from Toyama to Midagahara on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
Japan’s incredibly scenic Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート) is best appreciated on an overnight journey, or at least a full-day trip with a very early start (as I’ll demonstrate in a future post). That said, if one can spare only part of a day, the initial western section of the famous mountain traverse makes for…
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Terminal Report: Narita International Airport (NRT) T2, Japan
Tōkyō’s main international airport and I go back a long way. I flew in through here a decade ago, at the start of my very first visit to Japan – a visit that sparked an enduring interest in this country, its history, its culture and unique way of life. Even though I’ve used other entry…
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Flight Report: NRT-MNL on Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 5057 (06 October 2019)
As my favourite destination – my own little happy place – Japan exerts such a strong hold on my imagination that I’ve come to dread every homeward flight. Painful though this 20th in a long line of partings might be, let’s see if my chosen airline can still end the holiday on a high note…
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Flight Report: MNL-NRT on Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 5054 (28 September 2019)
For my 20th trip to Japan, I gave serious thought to flying with a full-service airline (instead of my usual LCCs) to make the milestone feel more special. Amongst the many carriers serving the busy Manila-Tōkyō market, Japan Airlines quickly became a key contender – not least because they transported me there on my very…
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Flight Report: TPE-MNL on Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 313 (15 September 2019)
Budget airline Cebu Pacific (5J) did a splendid job – at least by LCC standards – on our outbound flight from Manila to Taipei. In today’s post, we’ll see if they managed to deliver the same level of performance on our homeward joruney. Welcome aboard Cebu Pacific flight 5J 313.
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