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  • Aonami Sen

    Travelling the length of the private Aonami Line towards Legoland. 

  • Hikari Shinkansen to Nagoya

    Backtracking again to Nagoya for a couple of days of amusement parks and hopefully the train museum. Had to give up on the Toyota factory tour as it was just too much trouble to get to, requiring an early morning start. Actually slept in until eight this morning. Luxury! 

  • Why did I come to Japan?

    To catch trains of course! You knew that. But that’s the question I was asked at Kansai International Airport while waiting for B and Alex to emerge.  I was ambushed by a video crew from TV Tokyo. They spent a long time interviewing me. They asked what my favourite train was. I had to think…

  • To get my KIX

    My earlier train from Tokyo arrived at Shin-Osaka with enough time for me to drop my luggage off at the hotel and race back to catch my original train to Kansai International Airport. Once I meet B and Alex there we’ll head back.  Speaking of greys earlier, Osaka is a very grey city. The Haruka’s…

  • Afternoon on the Tokaido Shinkansen

    There is something special about the late afternoon light in Asia, a quality you don’t find at home. The distant mountains look like something from a sumi-e painting. 

  • Back to Shin-Osaka: Hikari Shinkansen 

    I really hate people who bring huge hard shell cases on Japanese trains. Yes, I’m talking about the non-local group behind me.  There’s no space.  Back to Shin-Osaka on the Shinkansen to check into the hotel before heading off to Kansai International to meet the rest of the family. 

  • Cloud watching on the Tohoku Shinkansen 

    Some pretty dramatic cloud scenery on the way down Tohoku today. Some rain, some sun. It makes you realise how far and how quickly you are travelling. 

  • Self heating bento

    This train ride goes through lunch and all the shops were closed last night so I bought a bento from the on board trolley service. I was first offered one with sea urchin. No thanks.  The next option was this self heating beef and rice bento. Pull a string and a chemical reaction boils water…

  • Hayabusa 16 to Tokyo

    Next stop Tokyo aboard the Hayabusa Shinkansen. We will go past the former location of Japan’s deepest station, under the Seikan Tunnel. It’s closed now and the tunnel has lost its record status, but they still let you know (in Japanese) when you are about to cross beneath the sea. 

  • Grey

    The skies have turned grey over Hokkaido, matching the urban landscape.  Last night as we left Kushiro I thought the factories belching smoke matched the sky.  Now, as we run down to the south the flat grey sea is barely distinguishable from the featureless overcast sky. In between silhouettes of grey and brown houses, factories,…