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> Assuming 3 hours and 250mph (500 - 250) the cutover is 750 miles FWIW, in Japan for domestic flights, air travel is quite streamlined compared to the US or E
by kalleboo 8y ago
> Assuming 3 hours and 250mph (500 - 250) the cutover is 750 miles
FWIW, in Japan for domestic flights, air travel is quite streamlined compared to the US or Europe (since they have to compete with bullet trains!)
No ID check, no check-in (use QR code on phone). Some airports have automatic baggage check machines.
Boarding doesn't start until 15 minutes before departure (tickets are sold from vending machines until 20 min before departure)
Security is light (liquids are allowed, they have a sniffer device)
Airports can be located centrally (e.g. Fukuoka airport is a 10 minute subway ride from the center, in Tokyo it's more like 30 min)
Living here in Japan, my cutover to fly is around 600 km. Part of that is due to geography (trains have to take a detour due to an ocean), but the #1 reason is that flying is cheaper.
- xenospn 8y agoTrue. I was pleasantly surprised when I took a domestic flight in Japan and didn't have to interact with anyone until showing up at the gate and boarding.
- PascLeRasc 8y agoNarita airport is by far the best I've ever been to. The organization and processing was so intuitive that despite knowing ~zero Japanese I was able to navigate without looking anything up.
- henvic 8y agoThat's great to hear. In contrast, I was in Russia last year and it was hard to buy a train ticket and they had this airport-style security checkpoint even for buying tickets (and the security theatre at the airports were even worse).