ANA to Hokkaido - Autumn Snow, Seafood and the Art of Onsen Appreciation

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Thanks for sharing, SQ218! Wonder why they shared such a blurry video as a teaser, which doesn’t really show very much. I know it’s a...

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There was wifi on this flight.



The inflight map on your phone...



Flight details...

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At the gate for NH85 to Nagoya. This short sector, HND-NGO, had a block time of 55 minutes, but actually flying time of about 40 minutes.

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I spent pretty much the whole day in the lounge frantically trying to finish as much work as I could before starting the vacation in earnest. It was a...

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ANA still publishes a hardcopy inflight magazine. They had copies in the lounge, and I had a browse through one of the copies.


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There was a Star Wars-themed kids room.



I wonder how much ANA is paying in royalties for all the Star Wars branding.
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What I did appreciate about the lounge was the strict no-phone call policy within the seating area. In a separate part of the lounge, there was a phone...

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As for catering, there were beverages on offer, but no food. None whatsoever.



There was a small liquor selection...
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But then I started to notice what was different about the ANA domestic lounge compared to the international lounge. While there were many seats, there...

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The lounge was large and spacious...



There were large windows running the length of the lounge...



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I headed to the ANA Lounge in the domestic section of Haneda T2. This was the designated Star Alliance Gold lounge. There was also an ANA Suites Lounge,...

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My flight had arrived at Haneda T2. After rechecking my luggage, I headed through security to the domestic airside area. There was an express lane for...

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Not much of a view out from my seat. The emex door window was tiny...



We landed in Tokyo at 5.40am, 15 minutes ahead of schedule,...

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Two hours prior to landing, a hot breakfast was served. You had the choice of an international/western meal, or a Japanese meal. I picked the Japanese....

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My seat on this flight was the emex row middle seat...



Lots of legroom tonight!



Headband-style headphones....

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The bathroom...



ANA's Dreamliner bathrooms had a unique feature...

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My trip began at Changi T2, with NH844 SIN-HND.

This was a 10.20pm departure, with scheduled arrival in Tokyo at 5.55am, and flight time...

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TR INDEX

1. Introduction
2. Flight - SIN-HND on ANA NH844 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in Economy
3. Lounge - ANA Domestic Lounge...

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Some of the best moments in this Trip Report will have to be written up without photos...

On this trip, I spent a lot of time in Japanese...

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Final reflections...

I had a lot of fun on this trip. Work-wise everything went very well, and I had time after hours to have some very nice...