Kauai and Niihau Islands

　　Soon after taking off, Kauai island came into my sight and I was able to roughly understand the whole terrain of Kauai island. On the other hand, Niihau island is off limits to the public and I barely saw the faint outlines of the island from Kauai island, so I wanted to look down on the island from the sky, but the island was just below my plane. I wasn't able to see the island. It was some time later that I recalled that the A380 had a camera for looking downward. I'm going to use this camera on the next flight to Oahu.
　　Arriving at Narita Airport, it was raining. As I spent a week in the scorching heat of the tropical island, I felt the rain somehow fresh. I found an emerald-green A380, one of three Flying Honus, sitting on the hardstand. I heard it would start flying a few weeks later. Eventually, three Flying Honus will be in service between Narita and Honolulu. The flight was really comfortable this time and I was already looking forward to flying into Hawaii with a Flying Honu next year.
　　Lastly I'll show you pictures of Tokyo Skytree and Mt. Fuji taken from there on the next day. Mt. Fuji was shot so clearly, and it was apparently rare. We were lucky.

離陸後すぐにカウアイ島が見えてきた。ワイメア渓谷州立公園の全体像が見えた。が、見たかったニイハウ島は飛行機の真下になり見えず。ただ、しばらくして気がついた。この飛行機には真下を見るカメラが付いていていつでも下の景色を見ることができたことを。これもまた次回の楽しみにしておこう。
成田へ到着すると雨。南国の強い日差しの中で過ごした後だけに、ただの雨だが新鮮に感じた。ハワイ滞在中には雨は全く降らなかった。駐機場にはエメラルドグリーンのFlying Honu２号機が駐まっていた。来年もＡ３８０で行きたいな。