
I went to Okayama on business last Saturday.
It takes about 1 hour by plane to Okayama from Haneda airport. As the airplane was descending to land, it began to rapidly soar back up into the sky. This happened twice. Then we listened to the flight attendant's announcement :"We can not land in the Okayama airport because of the bad fog, so we have to change our destination. We will head for Itami airport."
Oh-Nooooooo!!
Nobody complained about it, because we were caged birds. After we headed for Itami airport (O-saka), airlines officers distributed tickets for the express train in an accustomed way when we arrived. I missed the rehearsal of the next day's concert, because it took about 7 hours to Okayama from Haneda. According to the captain, the Okayama airport is often fogged over, because it is surrounded by the mountains. It is hard for the airline to secure customer's train fare whenever weather is bad.
