Discovering Modern Japanese Food Culture in the Special Space of Airports - The Aesthetics of Travel's Beginning at Haneda
The Airport Experience as a Ritual of Departure On the evening of May 15, 2024, the moment I stepped into Haneda Airport’s terminal, I realized anew that airports are not merely transit points for movement, but microcosms of modern Japanese culture and special ritual spaces that open doors to the extraordinary journey of travel. The aircraft standing on the runway at dusk truly appear like giant modern birds. Their graceful forms could be called works of art that crystallize humanity’s aspiration for flight and the pinnacle of technology. There seems to be something that connects the feelings that ancient Manyoshu poets entrusted to birds with the longing we modern people harbor for aircraft. ...