Going to Japan: Part 3

We spent ages checking in at immigration as they had 5 people on the "Japanese people only" section, but only 2 for the foreigners section! They removed my "Certificate of Eligibilty" from my passport and attached the return slip of the disembarkation form.

Osaka was sparse, and we collected our luggage before checking in to the next flight, though I forgot to give them my mileage card - damn it! I had to take off my shoes at the security check point, as I set the metal detector off. I also had to take my laptop out and put it through separately, and it took ages to put it back in my tightly packed bag.

We waited at gate 73 (see picture), where the toilets were quite funky as the hand drier had a blue ''energy bar" which charged up depending on how fast you rubbed your hands together.

The next flight was on a B737-400, which is smaller. I was sat next to Ciaran and Binks, though most of the others were sitting in the row behind. We got a kids book of Aladin, so that we could look at the hiragana.

The flight was short, however, so we got no food, just a drink of apple juice.