Japan 2015: Ehimeken

by Yuri - 7:42 AM

At exactly 7:10 pm, Yuma and I arrived at Osaka Kansai Kokusai Airport.

(view from the 52nd floor of Star Gate Kansai Hotel)

Did you know that Osaka Kansai Airport or KIX is built in an artificial island? Can you imagine on how long they have deliberately planned this? Sure, there are risks but they cannot stand still and do nothing with the inconvenience that the passengers have experienced. This includes the limitations of air cargo to be exported in Tokyo rather than in Osaka. Moreover, the Osaka airport cannot be further expanded in space because of the increasing urban development in the city. The reason behind the construction of this airport is to lessen the crowding in Osaka-Itami Airport. Since this airport is made in an artificial island, aircraft noise is no longer a problem. Thus, they can operate even on late hours.

It was actually our first time to travel on our own. I admit that I panicked when we didn't saw our dad right away inside the airport. We were finding him for 10 minutes which explains my outbreak of fear. >.<

We, then, rode the car and prepared for 6 long hours of drive going to Ehimeken, Shikoku.

We had our first stop over and our first meal in somewhere restaurant. (I forgot the name. tsk. tsk.)

All you have to do is to insert your money on the machine and choose any meal that you want from the menu. No talking needed. How convenient isn't it? Then you just have to claim your order afterwards.

Day 1: Ehimeken

You can never come inside the house without even taking a picture of this beauty. My obaachan (grandma) carefully planted these flowers with love. That's why this deserves to be captured!

Since, I kept on bugging my dad to take us to udon ya-san, he finally agreed to have our first breakfast in Serufu Sanuki udon! Yum~

After we ate at udon ya-san, we went to docomo (which is much like Globe or Smart) to buy a phone. He wanted to throw away the flipping-open-and-close phone to buy an iPhone 6 plus. The price is reasonable for they are giving free services. However, it took us 1 hour just to buy 1 phone. The process took longer than I expected.

First #selfie on my papa's phone!

We jumped off the car to go in this beautiful sea of Ehimeken. (Which is only 8 minutes away from our home) Honestly speaking, nothing compares our majestic sea that we have back in the Philippines. But if you want to see a sea that is similar from what we have in PH, Okinawa is the option!