We got to Hokkaido and just got on the train for Otaru at Shin-Chitose Airport. In the airplane, after having reached the cruising altitude, I put the headphone on and kept it on all the time during cruising. An announcement shortly before landing said that any digital devices are prohibited, so I took it off. I didn't mind the weight of the headphone for the 2 hours for which I set the headphone. The contact with the ear pads didn't bother me. I felt that it decreased 90% of the noise produced by the airplane. In other words, you can hear only what you want to hear. If you want to listen to music or a certain sound like conversations in a noisy place like the subway, you have to turn the volume up to overcome the noise. Consequently, in some cases, the sound you are listening to leaks and might bother some people who are sitting next to you. If you put this headphone on, your listening never bothers others and you can hold conversations.
The picture shows a bottle of tea and two lunches, what we call "Ekiben". "Ekiben" means a lunch that is sold at a stall on the station platform. Every "Ekiben" has characteristic ingredients that are the special products from each place. The shape or the material of the lunch case is rich in variety. Eating "Ekiben" is one of the fun things to do when you travel. My youngest daughter chose "Ika-meshi", which is made of squid and rice. Squid, landed at Hakodate City which is near here, is very famous. I chose a lunch of salmon and salmon caviar. Hokkaido is famous as the place where salmon is landed. The taste was very good, especially with the view from the window.
(Vocabulary)
land （魚）を釣り上げる, 取る
caviar キャビア (チョウザメの卵を塩漬けにしたもの)
(KW: 駅弁 函館 イカめし 石狩鮨 うらら ボーズ ノイズキャンセリング noise cancelling)
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