All my bags are packed. I’m ready to go, or more accurately we’re ready to go. I had planned to take photos of our bags at check-in, but the stress of wrestling with bag drop meant the bags were sailing off to Haneda before I’d managed to get the phone out of my rucksack (mental note to self – must do better on the photo front or it’s going to be a very dull blog).

So we were at the gate before I knew it and finally one of us (not me) managed to take a picture – but finally we are on our way.