Flying in style. I’m coming to Japan on jetstar business class this time. Kaoru came a week ago and now I’m coming to start my holiday.

The plane took off on time from melbourne…pushed back about 1150pm Friday night. The usual routine-i left my car at Brett’s and he drove me to the airport.

Immigration was empty and my bag came off very quickly. So i found Kaoru waiting for me at 927 and we bought tickets and rushed to catch a 935 bus to Kasai and then walked to Kaoru’s parents house in Nishikasai. We had some tea and then went for lunch-soba restaurant.

I was feeling a bit sick. Burning the candle at both ends while Kaoru was away had given me a bit of a cold. So after lunch and browsing through a few hundred of Kaoru’s old photographs i had a little nap. Then we packed an overnight bag and left for Mio’s house about 4.00.

It took a couple of trains…but how good was it to be using a system that works again! The second train was very crowded but somehow we managed to get more people on. Mio picked us up from the station and took us to her house. Kozue and Kenichi and their kids were already there. So after some hello’s we started eating…

Mio knew how much i loved sushi so had organized a couple of large platters to be delivered. Because i was unwell it was a quieter night than normal. A couple of beers, some sake and some topaque that i brought from Australia was all i had. I excused myself early and had a bath for a good 5 minutes and then was in bed by 9.00.