maiko-san

In the 70s I flew with Cathy Pacific Airways from Osaka to Hong Kong. My company's section chief and colleagues saw me off at the Itami Airport Terminal.  By chance I could sit on the window seat. I kept waviing my hand at the airport terminal until the the plane took off.  It was dumb of me to do that. Actually they had left the airport a long time ago.  Before I knew it, a rich decent American woman was sitting next to me. I confided to her that I was nervous, because this is my first trip  abroad.. She gave me a pat on my shoulder and said, "That's OK. You speak already good English. I wish you good luck." Well, I took it as a compliment but I was relieved. She said she's visiting Hong Kong with her husband. He is a lawyer. sitting in a seat a couple rows away from us. I wondered why they were not sitting together. I landed on the Kowloon Airport. I was surprised to see that the airport lobby was crowded with so m...

When I was 25 years old, I went on a business trip to Singapore. I flew with Sigapore Airlines. The flight attendants were beautiful and affable. Furthermore I liked a sweet smelling of the flowers in the airplane. As I was sitting on the window seat, I could realize vividly the outline of the Indochina Peninsula. It was as if I was seeing the real map. It was scorching hot when I arrived in Singapore. It's no wonder that I was really in an equatorial country. The sky was blue as far as the eye could see it. Our client's representative in Singapore tunred out to be a Japanese.  He picked me up at the airport. I spent three nights at a comfortable hotel by the name of Apollo Hotel. I found my room neat and cozy. From the big window I could enjoy the view of a British styled white colored elementary school in the forest. It was quiet and peaceful. I like the atmosphere. At that time the Japanese department "Isetan" was located near the hotel. I occasionally met th...