24 November 2023
Departure zone
Tokyo Haneda airport
After checking in and going through security, I realised I probably should have got my dinner before going through security. So my top tip is, eat before security.
Haneda airport terminal 3 is very small, but does have some great features. The greatest feature every airport should have is the outdoor viewing gallery, with no plastic windows to photograph through even. Amazingly, this was also before security, so on the roof there were a heap of guys who are not flying anywhere with all their huge lenses. I am reasonably confident that if I were to take a lense that huge out onto the roof viewing area it would be declared a national security incident, priority 1: foreigner.
Anyway, after the long winded and out dated customs, I found my yakisoba, found a seat after circling like a vulture, and bought a heap of water from vending machines.
The check in area of Haneda terminal 3. There are 2 other terminals. There is no terminal 4. I am a mathematical genius.
You can go up and up and over this bridge though, so that is pretty cool. There are about a thousand warnings that the bridge is on a slope and it seems apparent people lose control of their luggage very often.
Now for the wonderful roof top viewing gallery. It goes the full length of the terminal, there is even more of it behind me.
Here is a shot from the roof gallery.
And because I could line up with the green taxi lights, enjoy another. Actually I am just left of centre as all the photographers had snagged the centre spots.
One level down there are a few restaurants. I should have eaten here. All of these are before customs.
They have a few 'streets' like this.
After going through customs, there is just one very small food court, that has nowhere near enough seating.
But I did get to have a decent yakisoba, prawn, squid and pork, quite cheap too. This was the last photo taken in Japan, a meal in a food court.