Nagasaki: Western Influences
With my plans for Miyajima washed away in the rain, I returned to Hiroshima Station earlier than originally planned and continued my journey west across…
With my plans for Miyajima washed away in the rain, I returned to Hiroshima Station earlier than originally planned and continued my journey west across…
At Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka I purchased a reservation for my shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima. The shinkansen was set to depart Osaka at 1:09pm,…
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It only takes about 30 minutes to get to Osaka from Kyoto by train. Because of their relatively close proximity it’s certainly possible to visit…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…