Ep25: Tokyo

Today I thought I'd talk about Tokyo, which might sound slightly strange for a podcast called Sendai Lads, but I went to Tokyo last month, in September, although to be honest, I didn't really go to Tokyo, I just passed through.

I was flying from and to Narita this time and on the way there I took a night bus directly from Sendai to Narita airport so technically I didn't even go to Tokyo in the first place and on the way back I originally had no plans to stop in Tokyo either I was just going to go home from the airport but then I found out there was a Sendai garage show in Shinjuku that happened to fit perfectly with my schedule so I bought a ticket and decided to stop by which meant that after getting off an overnight flight, I went straight from Narita to Shinjuku, watched wrestling, and then went home to Sendai.

Which is probably a slightly strange way to visit Tokyo, but that's actually quite typical for me these days, because I don't go to Tokyo very often.

The last time I properly went to Tokyo and stayed there was in August 2025, when I went to see a Les Miserables concert.

And before that, I went in April 2025 for Meiko Sotomura's retirement match.

So I probably go to Tokyo once or twice a year.

And honestly, that feels about right to me.

The main reason I go is usually because there's something I really want to see.

A wrestling show, a concert, something like that.

Otherwise, I don't really have much reason to go.

And when I'm travelling abroad, I actually tend to avoid flying from or to Tokyo if I can.

It's not because I dislike Haneda or Narita, they're perfectly fine airports.

It's just that from Sendai, going to Tokyo first can sometimes take more time and cost more money than flying from Sendai to another airport and connecting somewhere else.

So unless there is a particular reason, I don't really need to go through Tokyo.