Kyoto: Cultural Capital
From Kanazawa I set out for Kyoto, the old capital of Japan and a city that is probably second only to Tokyo in terms of…
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Kanazawa: Cycling the City
It was time for what would be my longest day of transit while in Japan. From Sapporo I took a train to New Chitose Airport…
Sapporo: Northern Limit
Having gotten the photo I wanted at Onuma Park, I caught the next train going north from Hakodate to Sapporo. Since the shinkansens (bullet trains)…
Hakodate: Learning from Mistakes
Having finished up in Nikko, it was time to resume my journey north. Back at Utsunomiya I boarded a shinkansen (bullet train) that took me…
Nikko: Escaping the Crowds
From Ueno Station in Tokyo I boarded a shinkansen (bullet train) to take me north on my journey across Japan. I had ridden on high-speed…
Tokyo: The Endless City
It took a long time for me to get to Tokyo. International travel always involves long flights, waiting in lines, sitting on trains and buses,…
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