Now's the time
once for me to reduce the number of photos taken
for Hokkaido and populate them into nugget-sized
postings in this blog so that they don't go to waste!
To be honest, i
wasn't expecting much when the plane made its descent as there was a bloody
thick layer of cloud with a possibly high chance of rain; which would have
derailed any effort on my side to take photos of the land up in the
air.
Thankfully, there
wasn't a single drop of rain and lo and behold; right beneath me would be the
land of the rising land and the fulfillment of a childhood dream to visit
Japan.
Unlike typical
Southeast Asian landscape, it was a scene of tidiness with ample space and
plenty of greenery. This differs from what i read in the history textbooks; i
thought Japan would be super crowded.
More photos; not
many tall buildings (and rightfully so since they are near the airport) and it
was pretty boring after a while as nothing much quite stands out to wow me from
my airplane seat.
Maybe this did
make me turn my head a bit although it was just many lines of solar panels;
eco-friendly no doubt yet again, unsurprising with a conventional
layout.
Taking off from
the opposite runway at New Chitose Airport 8 days later was an entirely
different view; much more greenery that made me wondered then if i was at a
nature reserve!
An oddity in the
midst of the greenery - a pretty full carpark and it's one of quite a number
surrounding New Chitose Airport. My assumption is that parking there would be
much cheaper compared to the airport.
Golf courses!
Guess a few things never change when it comes to airports all over the world;
the potential noise pollution from the jets would drastically reduce the land
value and a country club for the rich would make total economic
sense.
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Interested
to check out my summarized 8 days, 7 nights itinerary to Hokkaido
in summer (including a few days of self-drive)?
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