6th August '98

Too Hot Keahole Airport

It was the day that we left Big Island, where we enjoyed very much. We ate the rice, which was cooked by electronic range, for breakfast. We ate out all foods, which I bought from Japan. The check out time was 10:00am. It took thirty minutes to go to the airport by car. We reached there before about one hour, as I reserved the departure time at 11:30pm. When I went to the counter of Hawaiian Airlines after return the car, there were many persons who made a line front the counter. There was no big building at Keahole Kona airport. All were made one-storied house without walls. Therefor, I had to line under the sunshine on the road. As it was few rains, were the houses made like this? It was too hot. Where was the shade? I finished the checking in after thirty minutes waiting under the sunshine. Cousins of my son were waiting at Waikiki. They reached Honolulu yesterday morning. I heard that they would stay at Hilton Hawaiian Village. My wife promised that we might take a lunch together after getting a rental car. It was crowed in Honolulu airport. I could meet them at noon at least, as I reached the airport at 11:00am. But it was at 2:00pm that I finished checking in for rental car. I went to the hotel, which they sated, directly after getting a rental car. I reserved Hyatt Hotel Waikiki for stay. But I went to Hilton first before our checking in, because Hilton was near the airport. We went to Hyatt after lunch at 3:00pm. But I could not check in, because the room for us was not ready. Therefor, we went to go shopping until 5:00pm. We went to Word Warehouse Center, as I was asked to buy some vitamins used for three months by my father. There was a professional shop of vitamin, and I could get all fourteen kinds of vitamin, which I was asked, there. And there was a special shop of kitchen tools. My wife and my elder sister stayed all the time there. Next there, we went to Word center. I ever went to here, when I visited Honolulu. It was so convenient for me, as there were many kinds of shops, for example, a large bookstore, a chocolate pro-shop and Internet caf・ etc., Inside here. I bought some chocolates for presents of my company. We went to Sport Authority near the Word Center, as one of the cousins want to buy his new swimming pants. There were all sport goods in here and they were too cheap. I bought a wedge and paid fourteen dollars. If I buy it in Japan, I will pay one hundred. This shop is my favorite. We went to Hyatt for checking in, as we finished our shopping. I reserved a mountain-view room, as I wanted to save money, because we stayed nine nights in Hawaii. But when I got a room key, the room was an ocean-view room. It was very lackey. Hotel might change the room up, because I could not check in at 3:00pm. Whatever the reason why, it was lackey that we stayed a ocean-view room. I reserved Yoshitsune restaurant for dinner. I always went to there, when I visited Honolulu, too. I thought that they provided best delicious Japanese foods in Hawaii. The owner was frank, and he made a good impression. He took good care of us, when I visited with my son. If one visit there with a child, he will give the child one dollar coin, which was not made now. My son got the second coin tonight, continuously to last year.