Originally Posted by
anabolism
I thought planes usually land in the same direction regardless of where they're coming from.
What makes a night landing at ITM so nice -- is it lights? Or a specific building or area? If the latter, it might make more difference which side to sit on as to what you can see.
The city has grown out around the airport so it's surrounded on all sides by built up areas (hence Kansai was built). When you are coming in you almost can see into peoples apartments and this vast metropolis spreads off as far as the eye could see. I thought it was spectacular but perhaps I'm easily impressed.