I stayed in a capsule hotel in Sapporo in December 2015
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I’ve never been too picky about hotels. It is a place to sleep, not much more. I usually like to have my own room, somewhere I can be alone on my travels, and I like the room to have wifi. In Japan I don’t even need wifi as I can rent a portable wifi router.
I flew from Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan to Narita Airport in Japan in September 2016
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It was the day after Typhoon Megi, yesterday all flights to and from Taoyuan Airport outside Taipei had been cancelled. Today the typhoon had passed, no more rain, the winds had calmed down. A perfect day for flying. I still anticipated some chaos at the airport. Lot oftravellers, long lines. People who could not fly yesterday looking for a new flight. Planes needed to be redirected, planes not where they should be, having to get to Taiwan before being able to depart from Taoyuan Airport. Things could be slower and more chaotic than usual. I left Taipei with plenty of time, I did not want to be be in a hurry at the airport.
I spent a night at Narita Airport outside Tokyo in September, 2016
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As I arrived at the airport it was just after midnight. I took the escalator up from the platform, left the train station and headed towards Terminal 2. The train had been almost empty the whole way from Keisei Ueno Station in Tokyo. The airport was almost deserted. A few other passengers were here, almost more security guards and police officers. It was still just over eight hours until my flight left, I was going to spend the night at the airport.