Japan - Day 1

A day spent mostly travelling.

The day started with breakfast on the plane — 05:30 Tokyo time, or 20:30 London time. Neither is an acceptable time for breakfast.

Not far to go now — two hours to landing.

I can’t work out where my AirPods are, though they seem close… and charged.

We had hot soba noodles for breakfast — a bargain price of £8 — before settling in for an hour’s wait for our next flight up to Sapporo, which promises to be snowy. This will be a surprising change from the sunny, mild weather in Tokyo.

From the air, it didn’t disappoint.

We took the rapid transit train into Sapporo, each of us falling asleep a couple of times, then walked the remaining 500 metres to the hotel. My sleep score for the overnight flight was a miserable 24 points.

Dinner was something from a convenience store — there are loads of them — followed by a traditional ramen. It was good.

Japanese food

Japanese food

Japanese food

This was followed by a quick beer in the bar before going to bed around 08:00.

First impressions: Sapporo is very cold.