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Thanks to<br /> Jetstar's ultra-low prices, the airline is a natural for a quick hop<br /> down from Tokyo and I don't have to think too hard before arranging a<br /> one-day trip. Clearly I wasn't alone. The attraction of paying just<br /> JPY8,000-JPY15,000 to go almost anywhere in Japan multiple times a day<br /> and within a couple of hours travel is a compelling alternative to ANA,<br /> JAL, and JR, and although it was the middle of a Friday, the flight was<br /> full and there were plenty of suits among the backpackers and moms with<br /> kiddies in tow.</p> <p>I really hope that Jetstar makes it financially and grows their network,<br /> because thanks to them and other LCCs, regional businesses are starting<br /> to connect to the big boys in Tokyo at a level they never could before.<br /> By showing up face-to-face for multiple meetings a month, Tokyo clients<br /> no longer feel they are dealing with long-distance relationships and<br /> orders are flowing as a result. But not everyone it seems welcomes the<br /> low-cost carriers. We say this because it almost seems like there is a<br /> group controlling the Narita Airport governing body that has gone to<br /> significant lengths to authorize and build an abomination called<br /> Terminal 3, as a means of undermining the LCCs.</p> <p>Let's be clear here, Terminal 3 isn't only my vote for the worst airport<br /> in Japan, if it wasn't for clean toilets, it would qualify as one of the<br /> worst new airports in Asia. Indeed, we just voted on Sleeping In<br /> Airports to record Terminal 3 as the Worst Asian Airport for 2015. You<br /> can do the same here:<br /> <a href="http://www.sleepinginairports.net/2015/survey-asia.htm">http://www.sleepinginairports.net/2015/survey-asia.htm</a>.</p> <p>Why do I think it's so bad? Well, let's run through the most obvious<br /> issues, though not in any particular order.</p> <p>[Continued below...]</p> <p>--------- Help Us Test New No-Network Maps App ------------</p> <p>Japan Travel is getting ready to launch its first iPhone app, which will<br /> be a No-Network mapping tool. The tool lets foreign tourists use their<br /> smart phones to prepare Google-like maps and find their way around Japan<br /> without having a local network connection. Testing will require you to<br /> download the application (you will need an iPhone) and to use it next<br /> time you go out for a walk. Estimated test time and reporting back any<br /> bugs will be about 30 minutes. For testers who are pre-registered on<br /> <a href="http://www.japantravel.com">www.japantravel.com</a>, you will be paid 500 points after you report back<br /> in from the test. We are hoping to have about 100 people test the<br /> application, so please help us if you can.</p> <p>To register as a tester, send an email to <a href="mailto:info@metroworks.co.jp">info@metroworks.co.jp</a>. To<br /> register for Japan Travel, go to: <a href="http://en.japantravel.com/join">http://en.japantravel.com/join</a><br /> -----------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>* If you are a tourist with a bag that doesn't have wheels, you might<br /> have packed extra souvenirs in cartons for example, you're going to be<br /> surprised when you de-plane at Terminal 3 and find there are no luggage<br /> carts at the baggage carousels. Yes, there are a couple of stray carts<br /> in a restricted area, but you'd have to go through a No Re-entry door to<br /> get them. And even if you did do that (as we did in the end), you'd<br /> quickly find that the only way up and out of the baggage area is either<br /> via an escalator which can't take carts, or the elevator, which has a<br /> huge sign saying NO CARTS.</p> <p>Hmmm, why would you design a building that doesn't give passengers any<br /> way of exiting with a baggage cart for goodness sake?! In Terminals 1 &<br /> 2, carts are allowed in the elevators, so why the discrimination with<br /> Terminal 3? Oh, right, LCC passengers don't use carts, they all have<br /> backpacks. Silly me.</p> <p>* On the other hand, if you are departing from rather than arriving at<br /> Terminal 3, another nasty surprise is in store. There is no car parking<br /> within 600m of the building. In fact you have to use Terminal 2 car<br /> parking/trains/etc., which means an uncomfortable walk or an ultra-slow,<br /> over-filled bus ride. Not only is there no parking, there is also no<br /> passenger drop-off/pick-up either, unless you're disabled. So if you<br /> have a bunch of young kids, I hope they're fit and not bothered by a<br /> half kilometer hike with all the bags. Otherwise, you'll be creating<br /> your own personal nightmare and be swearing never to travel an LCC in<br /> Japan again.</p> <p>* In fact that 500m distance between Terminal 3 and the relative<br /> civilization of Terminal 2 may not sound much -- you can walk it at a<br /> leisurely pace in about 15 minutes -- about 5 minutes quicker than the<br /> stupidly overcrowded bus. BUT, the walkway is partly open to the<br /> elements (tops of walls and wall openings). This means that in<br /> mid-summer you'll be roasting in Narita's 40-degree temperatures well<br /> before you hit the enclosed ticketing area at Terminal 3. Alternatively,<br /> in winter you'll come to appreciate the thermal underwear you had to<br /> pack just for this 500m leg of your journey to sunny Okinawa...</p> <p>* Speaking of being open to the elements, the plane boarding gates are a<br /> long and twisting walk up and down numerous stairs and corridors from<br /> the ticketing area. The last half of this maze is a long fenced off<br /> corridor which is also open to the weather -- more heat/cold. The<br /> ticketing area is air conditioned, but that is just a fleeting illusion<br /> before the trudge to board your aircraft.</p> <p>* The feeling of cheap and temporary is accentuated as you descend the<br /> last flight of stairs to the gate and realize that there is no<br /> jetbridge. Instead, all passengers line up under a flimsy plastic tunnel<br /> on wheels that is netted on the sides but which is quite open to the<br /> wind and rain. One good gust could topple the structure and everyone<br /> inside it. Narita is prone to such gusts and it would be better for them<br /> to do away with any pretense of weather protection and simply have the<br /> passengers walk out across the bare concrete to the plane.</p> <p>* Last but perhaps most important, Terminal 3, with the exception of the<br /> ticketing area, is built to resemble a prison -- not an impression that<br /> Japan wants to be making with first-time tourists, even those on an LCC.<br /> There is no effort to hide the cheap wire netting, bars and grates,<br /> plastic panels, bare steel frames, and open-air gaps that make up the<br /> concourse. Where is the "omotenashi" that the government is always going<br /> on about in trying to create a favorable impression to gain repeat<br /> travelers? Nowhere to be found at this terminal that is for sure.</p> <p>Now maybe Terminal 3 is so cheap and ugly and dysfunctional because it<br /> was built with consideration to the fees to be received from the LCCs --<br /> meaning, very little. Looking at the Narita Airport site, we note that<br /> the Public Service Facility charge for Terminal 3 is just half of that<br /> for Terminal 1 & 2 -- meaning JPY1,020/adult versus JPY2,090/adult for<br /> the other two facilities. Maybe the LCCs operating out of Terminal 3<br /> didn't realize what a huge difference that extra JPY1,000 per person<br /> would make in terms of degradation of the facilities. This would<br /> certainly account for why there is no air conditioning along most of the<br /> interminable walk-ways, and also explain why there are Coca Cola<br /> machines next to each of the rest areas along the trek from Terminal 2.<br /> Probably they are sponsoring the seats next to each machine as well.</p> <p>Tourist (and low-end business) travel in Japan is not just about how<br /> much cash you can extract from each passenger at the airport. There is<br /> also the money that is spent at each destination. If it takes an LCC to<br /> bring tourists enmasse to places like Takamatsu, Matsuyama, and Oita --<br /> all places that used to cost JPY20,000-JPY30,000 one-way to travel to<br /> before Jetstar and which are now experiencing a revival in their local<br /> tourist economies -- then the national government should be throwing<br /> some of its many recently released billions (of yen) to the one place<br /> that the journey and the overall impression of Japan starts: at the<br /> airport.</p> <p>Instead, Terminal 3 offers one of the worst experiences possible for<br /> arrivals and departures. Only the clean toilets and the nicely fitted<br /> out ticketing area and shops offer redemption. Especially for fully<br /> loaded young families struggling in the 40-degree heat of August or<br /> 0-degree cold of January, it's going to be really uncomfortable. In<br /> fact, I had such a negative experience that I couldn't help coming away<br /> wondering if Terminal 3 wasn't designed to be horrible on purpose --<br /> some sort of sneaky punishment by the Narita Airport powers-that-be for<br /> those brazen enough to use an LCC in the first place.</p> <p>Feel free to let me know what you think about Terminal 3 if you've been<br /> unfortunate enough to have to use it. And feel free to vote it the worst<br /> Asian airport of 2015, at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.sleepinginairports.net/2015/survey-asia.htm">http://www.sleepinginairports.net/2015/survey-asia.htm</a></p> <p>Maybe winning that award will cause someone in Kasumigaseki to wake up<br /> and take notice...</p> <p>...The information janitors/</p> <p>------------------ ICA Event - June 22nd-------------------</p> <p>Speaker: Pieter Franken - Chief Technology Officer, Monex Global Vision<br /> Title: "How has Open Source technology helped my Organization"</p> <p>Details: Complete event details at <a href="http://www.icajapan.jp/">http://www.icajapan.jp/</a><br /> Date: Monday, June 22nd, 2015<br /> Time: 6:30 Doors open, Buffet Dinner included and Cash Bar<br /> Cost: 4,000 yen (members), 6,000 yen (non-members) Open to all. No sign<br /> ups at the door!!!!!!!<br /> RSVP: By 5pm on Thursday 18th June 2015. 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