Today, will be our last full day in Japan and we first start off in Kyoto. Our itinerary had us to take the bullet train back to Tokyo to be in town by 1:30 pm but we decided to reserve an earlier train to get back around 11:30 am to spend more time there. Here we are waiting for the shinkansen to arrive to take us back to Shinagawa Station in Tokyo: We took the Hikari 512 back to Tokyo, here’s what one of the electronic train arrival boards looks like at a station. They change between japanese and english: And lastly, looking outside the train station in Kyoto you can get a slight feel for the enormity of the rail system, but only just in this photo: The day before we left Kyoto we arranged to have our luggage forwarded to our hotel in Tokyo. This is the second time we made use of this service, the first being when we left Tokyo for Miyajima. However, that time we sent our luggage to our hotel in Kyoto and only packed backpacks for Miyajima and Hiroshima. If you ever visit Japan, definitely make use of this service, just ask your […]
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