Shinkasen 新幹線

Shinkasen 新幹線

The Shinkasen is the bullet train. You can take it to Kyoto or Tokyo. After about 4 days in Osaka I took it to Tokyo and got a bit lost/confused in the process. The Shinkasen is located at Shin-Osaka station. There you can follow signs towards where you can purchase a ticket, though you can [...]

Lake Ashi and a Bullet Train Back to Tokyo

Lake Ashi and a Bullet Train Back to Tokyo

The last part of the Sunrise Tour was to Lake Ashi or the Hakone Lake. We spent the time on our bus solving puzzle boxes and being rewarded with candy, and trying futively to snap pictures of Mt. Fuji whenever our tour guide pointed to the mountain in the distance as the bus swerved through the mountains. [...]