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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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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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…
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…
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)…
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