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Japan Kanazawa Station
Posted on February 2, 2022January 29, 2022

Kanazawa 2019: Arrival in Kanazawa

I caught a 3:10pm Thunderbird train at Kyoto Station heading north up to Kanazawa. Thunderbird trains are fast, but not as fast as shinkansen trains…

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Japan Himeji Arrival
Posted on August 13, 2021August 11, 2021

Himeji 2019: Arrival in Himeji

Having left Shikoku behind, I crossed back to the island of Honshu and returned to Okayama where I caught a shinkansen heading east. A littler…

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Japan Onomichi Temple Walk
Posted on April 26, 2021April 25, 2021

Onomichi 2019: Temple Walk, Part 1

I had seen a decent amount of Hiroshima during my 2017 trip to Japan, so in 2019 I used it mainly as a base for…

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Japan Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Posted on April 19, 2021April 18, 2021

Hiroshima 2019: Peace Memorial Park at night (平和記念公園)

From Itoshima I took a midday train to Fukuoka and then had a 2-hour layover before boarding a shinkansen (bullet train) that would take me…

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Posted on August 10, 2018December 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on July 27, 2018December 24, 2018

Hiroshima & Himeji: Destruction & Splendor

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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Posted on July 20, 2018December 24, 2018

Osaka & Nara: The Running Man & The Deer

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…

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Posted on July 13, 2018December 24, 2018

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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Posted on July 6, 2018December 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on June 29, 2018December 24, 2018

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)…

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