Category Archives: Travel

Korean Air’s Transit Exclusive Domestic Flights

As the global hub of Korean Air (KE), Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN) connects South Korea to scores of destinations around the world. It also hosts special flights offering smooth links with two other Korean airports that don’t enjoy as many direct overseas connections. In this post, we’ll learn how KE’s so-called transit exclusive domesticContinue reading “Korean Air’s Transit Exclusive Domestic Flights”

How to order snacks in the Green Car on a Tōkaidō Shinkansen train

Let’s set the scene. You’re in the Green Car (first-class compartment) of a high-speed train on Japan’s Tōkaidō Shinkansen line between Tōkyō and Ōsaka. You start feeling peckish but you’ve neglected to stock up back at the station. “Ah, there’s the cart person who rolls up and down the train selling provisions!” Then it hits:Continue reading “How to order snacks in the Green Car on a Tōkaidō Shinkansen train”

Flight Report: MNL-KIX on Jetstar Asia flight 3K763 (06 Jul 2024)

Welcome aboard Jetstar Asia flight 3K763, which will take us from Manila (Philippines) to Ōsaka (Japan).

Rail Report: Tōkyō to Takamatsu on Japan’s “Sunrise Seto” Sleeper Train (28-29 September 2023)

In this post, we’ll hop aboard an overnight service that carries passengers on a 500-mile journey across Japan – all whilst they’re sleeping soundly in bed. (Or as soundly as they can manage on a moving train, anyway!) Welcome aboard the Sunrise Seto.

Flight Report: NRT-MNL on Japan Airlines Flight JL 745 (09 October 2023)

In this report, we’ll look at the Economy Class experience aboard a Tōkyō-Manila flight operated by Japan’s flag carrier. Welcome aboard Japan Airlines flight JL 745.

Offices on the go in Japan: STATION WORK’s shared booths

A couple of years before the pandemic, commuters passing through one of several Tōkyō-area railway stations might have noticed a change in the landscape. Black-walled booths had materialised out of nowhere, looking similar to instant photo kiosks. In fact, these were meant for a very different purpose: to provide a mid-commute refuge in which toContinue reading “Offices on the go in Japan: STATION WORK’s shared booths”

Flight Report: NRT-MNL on Jetstar Japan Flight GK 41 (31 March 2023)

In today’s Flight Report, we’ll continue the tale of my round-trip March 2023 LCC journey with Jetstar Japan. This time, we’re focussing on the homebound leg from Tōkyō to Manila. Welcome aboard Jetstar Japan flight GK 41.