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  • Omiya

    Arrived at Omiya and catching the New Shuttle to the railway museum.

  • The quest for the ticket gate: Hakodate to Tokyo

    It is time to leave Hokkaido. With a big city awaiting we motivate ourselves to wake early and head down to Hakodate’s train station. Nothing much is open, so breakfast, such that it is, is purchased from the kiosk and we board the connecting train to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, the gateway to the Shinkansen. The cloud has…

  • Hayabusa

    Off to Tokyo.

  • Leaving Hakodate

    Too early in the morning! Taking the transfer train to the Shinkansen station at Shin Hakodate Hokuto.

  • Hakodate at last

    Exhausted after the ride.

  • Super Hokuto to Hakodate

    It arrived eventually. On the Super Hokuto to Hakodate, a route I’ve done enough times.

  • Delayed at Minami-Chitose

    Due to the earthquake last month our next train to Hakodate is running 40 minutes later than ticketed. We could have gone shopping at the outlet stores for longer! Alex bought hot chicken and chips from a station vending machine. There’s a bakery vending machine as well!

  • Seascapes on the Super Ozora

    Beautiful, if Stark, scenery. There were fishermen out in the grey sand.

  • Super Ozora 6

    Aboard the Super Ozora bound for Sapporo, or Minami-Chitose in our case.

  • Kushiro to Hakodate

    In the month leading up to this trip Japan suffered a series of natural disasters. The powerful winds and rain of Typhoon Jebi flooded Kansai International Airport, shutting down all flights and isolating the artificial island from the mainland. Then, on September 7 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern Hokkaido, causing landslides and damaging electrical…