Thursday 3rd November 2005 - Holidays in Japan

Posted on 2005/11/03 06:26:19 (November 2005).

Technically today is national holiday in Japan, and having missed on a long weekend of national holidays in Italy (from Saturday till Wednesday) I kind of relished at the idea of getting back some free time.
Regrettably (though I should have known this), I have had a full working day. Had to wake up at 6,15 to see Carmine off in Tokyo, then got a bus at 7,30 to Haned airport where I have brilliantly managed to claim my ticket-less reservation on the 9,30 flight to Osaka, Itami.
The reservation procedure it's great (as you would expect here in Japan), I bought the ticket 2 days ago through my agent's mobile, got to the airport and fed my Credit Card into a machine. All the written parts were in Japanese of course, but I managed to use the correct menus, and I even managed to get a receipt!
Soon I had the ticket, checked in some baggage, cleared security check (being a gaijin, or foreigner, I always get frisked and stopped), and got my plane to Osaka.

All conversation with airline staff and police was strictly in Japanese and for once I didn't miss a single word of what they were saying.
It seems like I have now achieved an almost perfect integration with this country, shame that I don't live here...

Anyway, my agent was waiting for me for to go to the office where we sorted out all the work from the fair, re-sorted the collections and everything and finally around 5ish I managed to have some time for myself.

This allowed me to browse the internet to look for my next digital camera. I am very uncertain whether to buy a Sony DSC T7 or a W7. They are different types of cameras, the first is more stylish and less complicated, with less advanced options.
The second has got more "meat" and it's a little bulkier.
I am looking for a camera that I can carry in my pocket, so the first choice seems sensible, but on the other side I use some of the advanced functions that I have in my actual DC (see picture above, taken with a slower shutter speed, and fiddling with the aperture size).

I'll try to look at the DCs on Sunday, I'll have all day free for myself, Saturdays here are working days for me!!

1) Hope you're travelling first class...
2) You really wanna stay in Japan ? I thought you were rather a 'dolce vita' dude.

Posted by Sheri at 2005/11/03 11:12:49.

Lox I've just got a Sony DSC-H1, check-them out, they're brilliant!!!

Posted by dsp at 2005/11/03 16:46:50.

Dsp: Will do thanks for the info!
Sheri: Well at least a couple of years more... So that I can sort out the language once and for all. I like it here, I like people looking at me because I am different...

Posted by Lox at 2005/11/04 04:29:05.

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