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  • SCMAGLEV and Railway Park

    I think we’ve found Alex’s ultimate amusement ride: a ticket gate.  As I’m on the ultimate railway journey around Japan it makes sense to visit a railway museum. Inside, apart from fascinating explanations of Shinkansen technology, its next generation magnetic levitation train, a massive working HO scale layout and various older locomotives and carriages, is…

  • NFC – Chicken in Nagoya

    Chicken is a speciality of Nagoya and a pretty easy choice for tired stomachs. We found a store under the Isetan Centre serving dishes like oyakodon and namban chicken for dinner. It was good. 

  • Legoland Japan

    Everyone loves Lego. Except if you step on a plastic brick in the dark. I wonder if that’s part of the occupational health and safety manual here at Legoland.  It’s not too different from Legoland Malaysia, which we visited a few years ago. Except no water park and the hotel is still under construction.  Feels…

  • 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.