Got about 2 hours of sleep last night 'cuz I had to be up to catch the first subway to Haneda airport to make my fight to Nagasaki. I was a little worried about the timing (first train: 5 am, 45 min ride to Haneda, plane departure at 6:40) but it turns out that Haneda airport is 1) tiny and 2) super efficient. I was sitting in the waiting area with about 30 min to spare. The waiting area looked like a bus depot...because it essentially was one. Buses parked outside the gate to take us to our plane, which was waaaay out on the tarmac. I felt like a rock star to walk up the stairs into the plane.
Our pilot apparently had career delusions as well - he flew like a race car driver. The acceleration for take off literally threw me back into my seat, and he banked turns like he was doing the Indy 500. Even when we landed, the plane's braking threw my bag off of the seat next to me. I did get to see Mt Fuji from the plane though, so that was cool.
I found an appropriate bus to take me into Nagasaki proper, which dropped me off in some random depot. Luckily I had printed out a map with kanji of my hotel where the conference was being held, and when I showed it to a policeman, he directed me to a taxi. I hopped in, showed the taxi driver my map, and he took off...and drove two blocks around the corner.
Oh well, I'm here now, and it's nice having a room that I don't share with five other people. Staying awake through seven hours of science talks was a little rough on two hours of sleep, but five cups of coffee got me through it. Now I'm back to the age old question:
Food or sleep?
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