The weather was terrible when we visited Japan last month. There was a whole inch of snow on the ground, and slushy puddles to slog through. It seemed Tokyo was unused to clearing streets and sidewalks. (I’d rather have slush than what I experienced on my March 2011 visit to Tokyo: the earthquake and tsunami.) Our drive to the airport, usually an hour, took three and a half due to closed and clogged roads.
But no problem: flights at Tokyo Narita had been delayed or cancelled. The airport was crowded with huddled travelers, their luggage piled neatly or jumbled. Our flight, too, was delayed, but only by a few hours.
Tokyo Narita airport comfort
We spent the time in a sushi restaurant where we had a mediocre meal and good wifi. Others were not so lucky, but luckier than delayed travelers elsewhere. Tokyo Narita Airport had kindly distributed lengths of air mattress, similar to bubble-wrap. People were sleeping on them, propped against pillows of the stuff, and covered by it. Creative families built tidy fortresses with floors and walls of air.
What a way to make a miserable situation a little more bearable.
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Cuenca… that’s one place I haven’t been!
Agree about Miami International. I like your definition!
Airports can be an adventure all their own, which you have proven here. The bubble wrap tent: what a concept!
One of my favorite big airports is Miami Int’l, which I call “A shopping mall with parking for cars and airplanes.”
Oh, how I miss good sushi here in Cuenca. But we have a new (only open a week) restaurant that is part of a great chain out of Guayaquil, so I’m hopeful.
Glad you made it home safely.