We were supposed to arrive at Yokohama in the early morning on Dec. 23rd, but the last night's stormy weather made for the delay of 6 hours or more. As the passengers will be allowed to leave the ship in order of the rank of the room from the higher to the lower, then it would be toward the last in the afternoon for us to disembark. It was a nice decision to book the last flight from Haneda Airport. Even if the arrival was late, we had enough time to connect to the next schedule. The internet room was crowded last night. I thought that they were attempting to change their modes of transportation via the internet.
Most of our possessions were sent to disembarkation control last night, and we were bored as I had no books, and no mobile pc. The sea became incredibly calm and we climbed up to the restaurant on the highest deck. I was sure to have had enough last night, but became hungry in the morning. We were able to take a nice table to view the ocean. Eating too much to kill the time (grin), a vague silhouette came into my sight. It was Izu-oshima Island! I felt we were approaching Japan. I'll show you the map which was shown on the screen when we got back to the room.
早朝に着く予定だったはずが、６時間以上遅れるとのこと。部屋のランクの高い乗客から降ろされるので、我々が下船できるのは昼を優に過ぎるだろう。羽田からのフライトを最終便にしておいて良かった。昨夜インターネット室が混んでいたのは、交通機関の予約変更などをするためだったのだろう。
荷物のほとんどは昨夜のうちに部屋から送り出しており、手元には必要最小限のものしかない。何もすることがない。昨夜の揺れが嘘のように穏やかな波になっており、最上階のレストランに行って見た。昨夜も食べて飲んだはずだが朝になると腹が減る。眺めの良い席を取ることができた。厚い雲がどんどん晴れてきた。暇に任せて大量の朝食を食べていると、島が見えてきた。スマホで確認すると伊豆大島！日本に戻ってきた実感が湧いてきた。部屋に戻ったときにテレビに表示されていたマップ、１時間後のマップをＵＰする。
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