Author: jadoon45
Hiroshima and Miyajima
4th August – Moving day again So, I won’t bore you with the details about bullet trains again, but there was another nice Ekiben involved. Today was the day I moved on from Nagasaki to Hiroshima which took just less than 3 hours. By bullet trains and limited express trains. I also ended up losing…
Onward to Nagasaki
2nd August – 770 miles on Japans Rail Network So, a few days ago I got my first taste of a bullet train as I can say, flipping heck, they don’t half go fast. To put things in perspective, Motorway speed in the UK is 70MPH which equates to about 1 miles every 51.4 seconds.…
Onward to See More of Tokyo and DisneySea!
I am sitting here on the Shinkansen heading towards Nagasaki (well Shin-Kobe as that is where I change trains) travelling at about 260-270 KPH (161-168 MPH) in my green class car and on the free Wi-Fi which is again awesome!!!! 31st July – Exploring a Bit of Tokyo On the day I wasn’t feeling the…
The First Few Days!
So, I am starting to write this on the way to Fuji-Q highlands which is a 2-hour journey. The Aircon and free Wi-Fi on the bus is awesome. Update – Managed to sort out the photos on this Shinkansen Wi-Fi and had to reset the web server. Day 0 – Friday 28th July. Today was…
First Stop!!
So today I woke up in the morning with a strange feeling, today is the day I travel!!!! I have never been a fan of take-off and landing when it comes to airplanes, but the rest of the time was a brilliant and wonderful time. I ordered a Priority Access pass which has helped me…
The Last Days Before Japan!
Hello again, so it is now just over 7 days till I fly, and the nerves are starting to kick off now. So, this is the end of my blog until I get to Japan or at least until I hit Abu Dhabi. Sendai – Modern city founded in 1600 by Daimyo Date Masamune and…
Kyoto and Iwaki
Right so it is now 21 days (3 weeks) till I be in the air heading from Abu Dhabi towards Narita Airport. So now seems like a good time to come out with another post and without further ado here we go!!! Nagoya – Nagashima Spa Land Between traveling from Osaka to Kyoto which is…
Matsue (The Place You Probably Haven’t Heard of) and Osaka
Hello everyone, scary thought is that in 4 weeks’ time I will be in the air heading towards Tokyo *panic*.So without further ado, I will be going over what stuff I will be doing when I stay in Matsue Matsue – Capital of Shimane Prefecture Matsue is a city all the way in Shimane Prefecture…
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
So it has been about 10 days since the last post was published and it has been quite a busy time finishing off what I want to do in Japan (I have quite an extensive itinerary, which I am sure won’t all go to plan)Now I am going to be going over some of the…
Tokyo
Yo everyone, so I know I am bit late posting this, so without further delays, I want to tell you a little about what I will be doing in Tokyo and how I will be getting there. After I travel out of Manchester Airport it will be about 20 hours and 25 mins (Manchester to…