Shawn Gallagher
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Shawn Gallagher
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Founder and author of Altitudeyes.com, airline/hotel reviews and insights on broader aviation. Part of the BoardingArea Network.
📍NYC/BOS after 18 years in Tokyo.
Takes me maybe 30 seconds to enter Japan with a Japan passport with their e-gates. Almost never encounter a line for them.

Alas, there are barely any Japanese citizens traveling overseas these days, so there’s that.

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I Just Had Maybe the Fastest International Arrival Experience Ever at Tokyo Haneda Airport - Altitude Yes
It took just 11 minutes from the plane to the monorail after my international flight, with immigration and customs taking a total of about 3 minutes.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Only thing I can think of is a T8 expansion, because where would a T9 even go?!
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Japan has been in the year 2000 since the year 1980” is the best way to describe the country.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
22 miles for going to CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL - SIMPLYMILES

🤣🤣
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yeah!
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My record inside a DTW terminal is 10 hours. It was the nicer one though.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM