Monday, September 29, 2025

Hotel Review : Centrair Hotel, Chubu Centrair Airport

 Review, photo copyright by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA


Centrair Hotel is of less than one minute walk from Chubu Centrair Airport Terminal 1, about four minutes walk from the Flight of Dreams and Terminal 2, and of five minutes' walk to Aichi Sky Expo. On the day that I stayed, it costs me around S$235 and it is the first day of trade event JATA Tourism Expo 2025. This is by far my most expensive airport hotel stay in Japan. I hope the hotel can review the rate in comparison with standard airport hotels in other parts of the country when a trade event is held. Other airport hotels do not charge that extremely high.

                                      

Despite the exorbitant rate, I enjoy my stay as I am able to view paintings with the aviation theme, aircraft models, see aircraft landing on and moving along the runway, see the giant Dreamlifters from my room, stand showering in the small bathroom and the bed is comfortable but the toilet bowl is separated from the bathroom. 

The Pacific side level rooms are accessible by touch of the hotel keycard before the main door and this section comes before the guest lounge.



There is the dedicated Vegetarian Menu area for vegetarians at the hotel's Cosmos Restaurant. The queue for breakfast starts from 5.50 am and the last order for breakfast is at 9.30 am. Guests will like dining at this restaurant but on the day of check-out there is no queue at all. The restaurant does not allow takeaways. So, I wonder why the room rate was that high and rooms were sold out under the free breakfast option. 

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Three typhoons dancing together, Typhoon Bualoi expected to form on 24 September 2025

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Another tropical depression is developing east of the Philippines, and it could intensify into Typhoon No. 20, "Bualoi," as soon as 24 September 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Central Weather Agency)


The land warning for Typhoon Ragasa has just been lifted, but another tropical depression is developing east of the Philippines, and it could intensify into Typhoon No. 20, "Bualoi" (provided by Thailand, meaning Thai dessert) as soon as 24 September 2025. The western Pacific will once again see three typhoons in parallel.

According to the Central Weather Agency, Tropical Depression TD23 was located at 11.0 degrees north latitude and 135.6 degrees east longitude, off the east coast of the Philippines, at 8.00 am on 23 September. It was moving southwest at 16 km per hour, with a central pressure of 1004 hPa and maximum winds near the centre of 12 m per second. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a Gale Warning (GW) for TD23, and the Central Weather Agency predicts that TD23 will develop into a light typhoon within 18 hours, potentially strengthening into Typhoon No. 20, Bualoi, on 24 September.

It is expected to cross the Philippines and enter the South China Sea, heading toward the Indochina Peninsula. Three typhoons, Mitag, Ragasa, and Naeguri, formed simultaneously in the western Pacific on the 18th. Ragasa and Naeguri are still developing, and the possibility of three typhoons coexisting again may be seen shortly.

Inflight Pictures : Air Incheon B737F

 Photo copyright by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA