26 Oct - By God's grace, this is a special trip that was made possible as we are bringing *OEE* to experience a 2-week Japan Pre-school exchange! We only started exploring the idea some 6 months in advance around May 2025 where there are still a lot of things that needed arrangement. The trip seems impossible but we prayed and somehow, He made all the things clicked into place:
- Manager is supportive of me Work from Hotel for 2 weeks instead of taking annual leaves.
- Managed to arrange 2 make-up lectures which I will miss during the time I am in Japan.
- The platform vendor (Japan Preschool Exchange) recommended Penguin International School which fits all our requirements:
- School must be walkable from our accommodation as we are not intending to drive.
- Accommodation must be easily accessible via train.
- School must have teachers who can speak English for communication.
- Special bonus (which we later found out. Thank God!):
- We can arrange our own accommodation and not strictly followed the platform arrangement. This alone shave off 20% of the cost.
- He lead us to find our accommodation - Super Hotel Mitazono Sendai Airport, which is the only hotel which allow triple sharing of room.
- This Super Hotel is top notch! Not only it has an onsite onsen, they also provide free 5 amenities per night of stay per pax! The amenities available includes face masks, lotions, patches...etc
- *OEE* transport fee is FOC as child ticket is only required for 6 years old and above. Child ticket is priced at 50% of normal adult price and this applies to Shinkansen as well.
- Fall of Japan Yen nearer to the trip which made things even more cheaper!
We flew via Asiana red eye flight to Sendai International Airport, transiting Incheon. Not much to see over at Sendai Airport, except an exhibition on the 11 March 2011 tsunami, which Sendai was hit pretty hard. Super Hotel Mitazono Sendai Airport was easy to get to. Just take the airport train and drop off the next stop!
Super Hotel Mitazono Sendai Airport
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