Setting off by car to pick up a guest at Nagoya’s Centrair airport.

Michi-no-Eki Fudegaki no Sato Kota

I just pulled in for a break along the way. Normally I would take the expressway, but the flight was delayed so I ended up taking my time. Driving along the national route gets tiring, and I had to keep an eye on the delay while timing my arrival, because there is nothing to do once you are waiting at the airport, so I ended up stopping at a place like this.

A cat

Even out here, a cat..

Inside

There is a restaurant too, but I did not have the time to eat..

The souvenir corner

Smoked nuts that really are tasty if you try them.. I did not go out of my way to buy any though..

The menu at the stand

There is curry bread, there is dango, and there is soft serve too.

Fudegaki persimmon jelly

They say it is the local jelly, but the taste was pretty ordinary..

The sunset along the way

Take the national route and shots like this become possible..

The scenery

I just snapped it without thinking.

The AEON in Tokoname

Tokoname is the city sitting right in front of Centrair airport, and it has an enormous AEON. The flight was three or four hours late and I had no idea when it would actually land, so I waited it out here. The airport is only about ten minutes away.

The directory

All sorts of brands have moved in, and some of them are hot enough that you find yourself thinking, wait, even this place opens inside an AEON?

A cat

There was a gigantic cat right in the middle of the AEON.

The cat head-on

It really was something.

A cat

There are a ton of cats. Might be worth coming just to see the cats?

Nihon-Ichi

Maybe because it is a big AEON, Nihon-Ichi, which I thought only sold skewers, was selling karaage and set meals too. This is why a slightly bigger AEON is worth a look..

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