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Sysadmin, developer, web dude in a science research organisation. WordPress, Japan, planes, trains, Arduino, Raspberry Pi/Pico, puns, dad jokes, etc

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  • Ibusuki

    The sea outside the window was so flat, a polished version of the turbulent sky above. The clouds hid the top of Sakurajima, the active volcano that overlooks Kagoshima.  I have half an hour here at Ibusuki. Too little time to do much but soak my feet in the ashi-yu in front of the station.…

  • Ibusuki no Tamatebako

    The Ibusuki no Tamatebako is one of JR Kyushu’s special trains and I’m riding it all the way down to Ibusuki. It’s basically an old rail car with the interior done up with lots of wood. It’s also full of annoying tourists with cameras, like me.  https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/train/ibutama.html

  • A Kagoshima tram to nowhere

    Arrived exhausted at Kagoshima-Chuo last night. Haven’t been here since Alex was four months old. I found a 24 hour Joyfull Diner near the JR Kyushu hotel where I could eat a cheap and filling supper. Nice machine hot chocolate too.  This morning I caught a tram just for the heck of it. I chose…

  • To Kagoshima 

    One last train for tonight: The Sakura Shinkansen to Kagoshima-Chuo leaving from Shin-Tosu station. 

  • Hizen-Yamaguchi 

    It might be a short trip to Shin-Tosu but at least my favourite Kyushu train is taking me. 

  • To Sasebo – west part 2

    Another mission accomplished and wow! The Nishi-Kyushu Line between Imari and Sasebo is amazing. Coastal and mountain scenery, terraced rice paddies, green tunnels and soaring sea eagles.  I stood the whole time at the front of the train. While Tabirahiradoguchi is the westernmost regular train station in Japan, Sasebo is the westernmost Japan Rail system…

  • Tabirahiradoguchi – Westernmost station part 1

    That’s it, as far west as you can go on a Japanese home islands rail system. 

  • All aboard the Matsuura Railway

    Changed at Arita to the third sector Matsuura Railway bound for Imari and then the westernmost station of Tabirahiradoguchi. 

  • It’s greener on the outside 

    Kyushu has experienced deadly flooding in the past week, leading to the closure of some railway lines. Thankfully not any I planned to take, but many lives have been impacted.  It’s grey and wet here, a seasonal rain band crossing the southernmost of the big four islands.  The interior of this train is dark too,…

  • Going green: Midori Express

    Next train after a rush to get a new SD card at Yodobashi Camera near Hakata Station. On the Midori 13 which splits in two sending some to the Huis Ten Bosch Dutch theme park and others to Sasebo. I’m changing at Arita for the private line to Tabirahiradoguchi.