Japan – Ehime to Akita.

Take my advice, don’t ever travel on the last day of the Japanese Obon holidays. It’s like Christmas Eve in the West or Chinese New Year and the airports are packed. Mostly with people who’ve no idea of what to do with check in luggage or metal detectors (we’re allowed carry on liquids here though). And whatever you do don’t ever set off at 5AM to catch the first plane of the day and then plan to take a connecting flight in Tokyo.

Unfortunately I didn’t take my own advice. So after 12 hours of travelling I’m now way up North (it’s actually cold here!), and half asleep. Had a nice dinner though.

P.S. Apparently it’s not just Okinawa where they ask to warm up your onigiris in convenience stores, they do it in Akita as well!

P.P.S. Please ignore that last sentence if you don’t know what an onigiri is, it will only make it sound worse if I translate it!