Japan 2024 Back to Winter As promised, today we work our way back, but we still had half a day to relax a little. And being in the country of trains ... we looked at more trains. Up to
Japan 2024 Final Odaiba (again) Things are slowing down. We've been here for 2.5 weeks but it's time to start thinking about heading home again. And any last things that we would want to do. The forecast
Japan 2024 Back to Shinjuku Today was primarily about the return to Tokyo before our rail pass runs out. We made sure that we had plenty of time between getting kicked out of our hotel and needing to
Japan 2024 Shizuoka (静岡市) So we've had a bit of a "long distance, short distance" trip alternation going for basically the last week. Yesterday we broke the pattern by having stayed in Osaka the day after we
Japan 2024 Ōsaka Docklands After my travel companions enjoyed the docklands of Kobe so much, we thought we should check out the ones that we have in our local city too! Your browser does not support the
Japan 2024 Kobe (神戸市) Today's adventures take us to Kobe, the place famous for its beef. So let's let us get that out of the way first. I'm not a beef connoisseur, and after they put A$
Japan 2024 Okayama (岡山市) Today's perfectly normal purple colored 500 Shinksansen takes us to Okayama, a township with at least one skyscraper (quite a few in fact). And similar to Hamamatsu, it has a large international population.
Japan 2024 Nara (奈良市) Well, it's time to try and do something really touristy. Like trying to visit Nara. Upon arrival, we knew we wanted to take a bus to the park (where else would you go)
Japan 2024 Hamamatsu (浜松市) With the rainy weather verifiable behind us (it's true! I checked!), I got ready for todays trip, left the umbrella on the table, and headed out the door. Then I stood there, looked
Japan 2024 Daimonji-Yama (Kyoto) Today we had an even slower day than usual. Reason: the weather has finally called my bluff about the ownership of the umbrella. So we used the excuse of waiting it out to
Japan Kyoto Trains Even though yesterdays train trip reservations appear to have gone okay, today we decided we did not need to push our luck. Kyoto is easily reachable by the normal train system, and with
Hiroshima Hiroshima (広島市) Okay, so we start with the elephant in the room. Today's train adventure is ... on board a Hello Kitty themed 500 series train. Compared to all the other things that keep on happening
Japan Hakata (博多区) Given the temperature, we have elected to try a different approach. Go somewhere that requires us to spend as much time as possible on the air-conditioned train, in the hope that upon arrival,
Japan 2024 Nagoya (名古屋市) Science Given the mess of having to reconstruct my travel companions back in the hotel room, we elected for an indoor activity today. So last night we placed a reservation for a train to
Japan Ōsaka (大阪市) Sousaphone Having bought the umbrella, the weather forecast has dutifully determined that it is no longer required. It rained overnight and then let the sun shine today. The good news: I didn't need my
Japan 2024 Ōsaka (大阪市) Having made it to Tokyo, found a hotel, and sleeping like a stone, today's goal was to continue the travel adventure down south. Three days worth of traveling in three days, using three
Japan Hamamatsuchō (浜松町) Well, for an 8am flight the alarm gets set for ... a time starting with 4?! That's far more recognisable as a time to go to bed than from bed. But to be fair,
Japan 2024 So close, you could lick the airport Migrating from airport to airport by car, you feel soooo close to being able to jump on and go somewhere. Apparently you need your boarding pass to match the plane though before they