Category: Shinkansen
Osaka/Kyoto Part 2
I called this one Osaka/Kyoto part 2, but I may as well have named it Kyoto part 2 as I didn’t really do anything else in Osaka, but at least it gives me more of an excuse to come back to Japan again (Something I am already looking at) Sunday 13th August – Kyoto Railway…
Matsue and Sakaiminato
I am sorry that this one has taken so long to get out. Due to an unstable internet connection meaning that I lost about half of this post and an incoming typhoon meaning I have had to change some plans around and move my schedule up too. I am also doing this for the third…
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…