Today we checked out of our hotel in Shinjuku around 9:00 am. We donned our water shoes and headed to the station, about a 12 minute walk. It was pouring down rain too, so we were once again soaked quickly. We had to wear our backpacks on our fronts to keep them covered under our ¥400 ($4) umbrellas we bought our second day in Japan. They have served us well and we carry them still. I also had my camera bag stacked on top of my backpack so ooo the walk to the station was irritable. We caught a quick train over to Tokyo Station to board the shinkansen. This video doesn’t do the shinkansen justice on its speed, but maybe you can grasp how fast the scenery is flying by as we sped out of Tokyo and into the country side. A few hours later we had to change to another shinkansen in Shin-Osaka station. Where had about an hour to kill and we found this little bakery inside. Look at some of these desserts: Once it was time to leave again, we boarded our shinkansen and were underwear again. Here’s the scenery near Shin-Osaka Station. Once in Miyajimaguchi, […]
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