say do you remember niihaomaa in china 00: ibaraki airport

as i was luckily invited to my friends wedding in wuhan, i decided to spend my summer holidays in china. of course my initial plan was to attend the wedding, my motivation to discover something unknown and curiosity about the country drove me to fly from one city to another, ended up with 2days in wuhan, 4days in beijing, and 2days in shanghai.

usually it is really convenient to fly from tokyo to big cities in china like shanghai and beijing, as both haneda and narita airport have direct flight to major cities there. yet i took the alternative choice which was not really convenient at all this time; flying from the ibaraki airport. it is said to be the third airport in tokyo region but it has only 3 destinations; sapporo, kobe, and shanghai.

as it is not well connected with public transportation system, there is a direct bus connection available between tokyo station and the airport and it costs only 500yen if u fly. in order to use it, u have to make a reservation beforehand.... thats what i didnt know until a day before my departure, and it was too late to book a room for my ass to fit in anymore then. so what i had to do was to take a metro, a local train, a local train, an express train, and a bus with my huge backpack.... and it costed me like 4000yen....

one of the reasons that i decided to fly from the ibaraki airport was that i could take a cheap flight there, but thanks to the transportation fee to get there, this reason became a phantom.

apparently the ibaraki airport and host municipalities are investing a lot to build better city networks intranationally and internationally. if they really want to, what they have to do is clearer than crystal; prepare an easier and cheaper access to the airport with public transportation system.