BIDDING FAREWELL TO JAPAN FROM KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

   24th JULY 2024    ~ As I arrived quite early at Kansai International Airport, I had some time to explore the place. However, I found the airport looked different in many ways, not like the way it was back in 2017 [READ HERE]. Or perhaps, I could remember well about the place.

I was actually looking for a halal food store and managed to find one in the food court area. [READ ABOUT IT HERE LATER]

Japan should be a smoker friendly country.

There were still many vending machines found in the airport. One thing worth mentioning, the prices of the bottled drinks were the same with the ones you bought from the vending machines in the streets. They did not raise the prices even though the machines were located in the airport and this was consideration at another level.

I left Japan as scheduled that morning hoping that I would make a comeback, perhaps to other cities, in the future.

Farewell Kobe, Farewell Japan.

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LAMPWORK GLASS MUSEUM IN KOBE

   23RD JULY 2024    ~ The very last museum visited during my Kobe trip was the Lampwork Glass Museum. I was not actually sure what lampwork glass was all about but this was one museum that was accessible during my walk around the city and was chosen randomly.

"Lampworking is a type of glasswork that uses a torch to melt and shape glass. Once the glass is heated tolten state, it is form by blowing and shaping."

SOURCE: thecrucible.org

What you could see in the museum were different objects made of glass which were beautifully and colourfully shaped, mostly in small sizes. They were all put in glass display cabinets under bright lights that made it sparkled and shone, which enhanced its beauty.

Unfortunately, cameras were not allowed inside the [small] main exhibition hall. I only managed to get some samples of the work of art in one section where people could take photos of the exhibits freely.

Visitors could also come to the museum to experience some hands on sessions. I think they could produce their own jewellery by using the glass beads provided.

It was a small museum actually located on the second floor of a huge building. I had to ask someone how to get there on the ground floor of the premise.

That should wrap up my travelogue to Japan this time. By that time, I was so ready to fly back home, and praying that my flight would not be rescheduled again.

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