Japanese Visitor Leaves Mexico After Stay at Airport
January 13, 2009 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Airports, Aviation, Trading & Market
A Japanese man who lived inside Mexico City’s airport for almost four months has returned home, the Associated Press reported.
Hiroshi Nohara, 41, returned to Japan today on a flight via San Francisco, AP said, citing airport spokesman Victor Manuel Mejia. His extended stay at the airport made him a celebrity, with people visiting him to take pictures, buy him food and donate clothes.
Nohara, who arrived in Mexico on a United Airlines flight Sept. 2, slept in the crowded food court on the international departures level for 117 days before leaving the airport Dec. 28 to stay at the home of a woman named Oyuki. He returned to the airport yesterday, Reforma newspaper said today.
During an interview with Bloomberg News in November, Nohara never provided a clear answer to why he had decided to live in the city’s airport.
