In this post, we’ll hop aboard an overnight service that carries passengers on a 500-mile journey across Japan – all whilst they’re sleeping soundly in bed. (Or as soundly as they can manage on a moving train, anyway!) Welcome aboard the Sunrise Seto.
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Field Report: Uji, Japan (20 November 2014)
Fresh from my Taiwan trip last November, I barely had time to empty out my bags before I needed to pack them again – this time for a relaxing autumn family trip to Japan’s Kansai region.
Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (14 February 2014)
Today, we’re off to see one of Japan’s finest railway museums – stocked with trains, trains, trains, as far as the eye could see.
Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (13 February 2014) – Part 2/2
There’s more to Nagoya than its famous castle – and more than I can hope to see in just one day. No worries, we’ll hit a couple of other sights before the sun goes down. On today’s agenda: the castle lord’s private possessions, his former backyard garden, and wondrous mechanical conveyances that not even allContinue reading “Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (13 February 2014) – Part 2/2”
Field Report: Nagoya, Japan (13 February 2014) – Part 1/2
Another day, another castle. Diego travels to the historic city of Nagoya and visits one of its most prominent landmarks.
Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 3/3
Old-fashioned onsen bathing is an experience one normally associates with resort towns or rustic mountain hideaways, but Matsuyama’s own hot spring district brings the experience a little closer to downtown.
Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 2/3
All right, I’ll admit it: I’m a castle nut. Not once in my several visits to Japan have I ever failed to visit at least one of these striking symbols of the country’s feudal history, and on several occasions (such as here and here) I didn’t hesitate to invest hours of travel time just toContinue reading “Field Report: Matsuyama, Japan (12 February 2014) – Part 2/3”
Field Report: Tōkyō, Japan (05 February 2014)
We’ve got time on our hands before this afternoon’s flight to Sapporo, so let’s go for a relaxing stroll through one of Tōkyō’s finest gardens.
Field Report: Kakegawa, Japan (04 February 2014)
This morning’s trip to Inuyama brought us face-to-face with one of Japan’s oldest castles. Now, we’re off to a small city in Shizuoka to see one of the country’s newest.
Field Report: Inuyama, Japan (04 February 2014)
With scores of castles dotting the Japanese landscape, even a lifetime of travelling probably won’t be enough to visit them all. Still, one can try. And today’s long journey will bring us two steps closer to that goal.
Within striking distance 