[YLP-ICT: Part 2] Transit in NRT and Arriving OKA

Transit in NRT

Clockwise: Arrived NRT and briefing by Morino-san before his escorted us to domestic departure hall

Arrived at Narita International Airport (NRT), Chiba, Japan on 27th Sept 2016 at 1500 local time...
We had our more or less 2 hours transit before we took a flight to Okinawa...
It was a tiring journey because after 6 hours in flight we need to queue (it was a long queue due to American soldiers happen to arrive same time with us) for Japan's Immigration and Customs check before entering NRT...
For your information, the Americam soldiers serve in Okinawa...
Coincident we shared the same flight to Naha Airport (OKA)...
Since we're just transit in NRT, we need to check out luggage and drop it at the local flight counters after being escorted by Morino-san, from JICA Tokyo Office...
Morino-san then lead us to the domestic departure hall to wait for our flight to OKA...
During that time we're running against the time since we need to perform our Zuhr and Asr...
Since there was no praying room we just make us of baby changing room and took turns to fulfilled our duty as Muslim...

Arrival OKA & Check In Hokke

Arrived OKA and journey to Hokke

Hotel Hokke Club

Our flight took off around 1755 and we reached OKA around 2045...
Upon arrival, we took a little of time since the flight occupied with American soldiers therefore waiting for the luggage was much longer...
After all of us got our luggage, there was a man, Mr. Travel Agent from travel agency on behalf of Okinawa International Centre (OIC) to assist us to our hotel and took care of our flight ticket on the 14th Oct 2016...
When meeting Mr. Travel Agent it was our first difficulty in conversing with him...
He might know a little English so do our Japanese...
Indeed, he was very helpful when seeing on how "small" our bags were...
Normally JICA participants will stay in the centre unless there's no available rooms in centre (OIC), the participants will be send to the hotel nearby...
As in our case, there's no availability in OIC, therefore we're send to stay at Hotel Hokke Club Shintoshin in the heart of Naha...
We reached Hokke around 2200...
Again we're being tested as the lift provided by the hotel were extremely small as compared to our normal lift here...
We need to take turns as I told before how "small" our luggage are...
During this time, all of us were tired but we still had an energy when it comes to photo session...
You could see how we do smile cheerfully despite the facts we're longing to get into bed as soon as possible...
When the rooms was given to us after sort briefing by the hotel manager, all of us straight away go to our rooms...
Once we're inside our rooms, all of us immediately get us connected via WiFi and some of them did plan to go around the Naha City...
For your info, Hokke is located beside Daikoku Shop a.k.a ¥100 Shop...
As for me, I do visit the shop since I need to buy mineral water...
Again I'm was impressed (and yet still impressed) on how the cashier politely would mentioned on how much you need to pay and will reply on how much change is being returned to you after you pay for the price and how they wouldn't not say anything even you do pay your ¥100 mineral water with ¥10,000 notes...


To be continued

P/s: Courtesy pictures to all my YLP-ICT batchmate. Arigatou!