Calgary was cold and dreary this time around. It was raining when we were heading to the airport. The new terminal was nice too look at, though it only had two flights scheduled to depart. I think, due to that, it only took about 3 minutes to go through security. We had three hours to kill before our flight. The terminal wasn't that big, so we were able to explore all of it in about 30 minutes flat. Sitting back down by our gate, I was dully entertained by a mechanical beaver and owl.
Once it was time to board, we got onto the plane relatively quickly. This time around, a Boeing 787 (instead of the 767) housed us, and the modern looks/technology was quite apparent. For one, there were no window shades, rather a “colour-changing” glass was used to give a dark blue hue to block most light from entering the cabin if you choose to do so. The entertainment systems worked this time around, so I occupied myself with three movies (John Wick 1&2 and Your Name) to keep me occupied. I probably managed about 10-15 minutes of sleep on the flight, but it didn't feel as long as last time because of the entertainment display. Also, it wasn't a full flight, so we were able to spread out more on the way to Narita.
Once at Narita, we waited 3.5 hrs for our flight to Okinawa. Since Narita airport was big enough, we had enough to do to keep us busy. We first got our wi-fi routers and then headed to check in our luggage with ANA for our later flight to Naha, Okinawa. Once that was done, we headed to get our JR passes from the basement of Narita’s terminal 1. We grabbed a quick bite from the Lawson’s found on the fifth floor before heading over to Terminal 2 via shuttle bus to check out the Pokemon store. No matter which Pokemon store I go to, it always brings me some joy. It was small, but there was quite a bit of merchandise to look at.
After purchasing some things, we headed back to terminal 1 to get ready to board a shuttle bus to take us to our plane. The flight was 3 hrs in length and I managed to sleep through half of the journey.
Once we arrived at around 9:30 PM, we got our luggage and headed to the only monorail in Naha to go to our hotel. Our hotel is located on Naha’s Koukusai Street, which is filled with lots of light, almost akin to a smaller Shinjuki district.
We went out to walk a bit after checking into our rooms. A lot of stores were closing/closed so we went to a Lawson (no 7-11 in sight and few Family Marts) to stock up for breakfast.
Day 1 & 2 was pretty successful in my books! A good start to our trip.
Day 1 & 2 was pretty successful in my books! A good start to our trip.
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