The midnight boarding all went smoothly and I thought I was going to be next to an empty seat, only for someone to show up at the last minute. The supper meal finally had an edible vegetable biryani as one of the default options. After the meals were cleared I focused on trying to sleep and somehow got several periods of short sleep.
By the time the lights came on six hours out of eight were done, just before serving breakfast. The breakfast options weren't great, so I just had the side meals, then spent the rest of the time counting down the minutes.
Finally we arrived and didn't get stuck waiting for permission to land. The smart gates were empty, but then the luggage took like 40 minutes to arrive following that, with the usual crowding around the carousel. There was only one person looking at all of the declaration forms, so that took a while too.
After all these years they've only just added a digital board at the Skybus stand to say when the next bus is expected. The bus and train trip went the same as usual, slow but reliable. Everything in my luggage looked to have survived the journey when I got around to unpacking.
For the afternoon I got out for a 7.5 kilometre run in the cold for a quick run, but wasn't even running any faster than the Tokyo heat.
Some of my spending totals were:
- Activities - $100 + prepaid tickets
- Food - $400 or about $25 per day
- Magnets - $75
- Shopping - $60
- Trains - $175 + shinkansen
Steps = 10,546 with 7.5 kilometres running
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