Japan by bullet train

Japan by bullet train
14 October – 1 November 2019

For our tour of Japan we used the bullet train. The bullet train is Japan’s high-speed train. The network is enormous and with a speed above 300 km / h you can move yourself quickly.
The tour started in Tokyo, there we visited:
Shibuya square, fish market, Kabuki-za theater, Tokyo Station, Senso Ji temple, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Waterfront and the Digital Art Museum.
From Tokyo we made a day excursion to Nikko where there was a festival with 1,000 Samurai.
The bullet train and a local train took us to Yudanaka. In Yudanaka we wanted to see the snow monkeys. Unfortunately, the Onsen where the snow monkeys normally sit was destroyed by the last typhoon Hagibis. The next day we took a beautiful walk through the Shiga Kogen National Park. In this park you also seem to be able to ski beautifully in winter.
With a real local slow train we drove to Nagiso. From Nagiso we followed the Nakasendo path via Tsumago to Magome. The Nakasendo path is the old trade route from the Edo era (1603-1868) and ran from Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto.
We reached Hiroshima by bus and bullet train. We visited the Hiroshima Castle and the very impressive Peace Park, the Atomic-bomb Dome and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. We took the tram towards Miyajima, where we obviously needed a ferry to get there. Don’t forget to eat the Okonomi-Yaki in Hiroshima, really great!
We left Hiroshima via the Mitaki temple. We were quickly in Nagasaki by bullet train. In Nagasaki we walked to the Peace Park and the old Dutch trading post Dejima. We rented a car to take a walk in the Unzen-Amakuza National Park.
From Nagasaki we took the bullet train to Aso. In Kumamoto we had a few hours to transfer. We used the time to tour Kumamoto Castle. Unfortunately this was quite damaged by the last earthquake here and was under construction. Also the train to Aso was not running due to this earthquake. We only reached Aso after a very long bus ride.
In Aso we viewed the volcano Mount Aso in the Aso National Park. The volcano was too active to get close.
From Aso we first had to take the bus back to Kumamoto, where we could board the bullet train again.
The bullet train took us in a few hours to Kyoto, our last destination of this tour of Japan. In Kyoto we visited:
Togetsukyo Bridge, Bamboo Forest, Jojakko-Ji temple, Higashi-Honganji Temple, Fushimi Inari Shrine, Torrii, Kohfukuji Temple (Nara), Todaij Temple (Nara), Nishi-Hongwanji Temple, Five-storied Pagoda of the Toji Temple, Kiyomizu- dera Temple, Ginkaku-ji Temple, Nanzen-ji Temple, Kinkaku-Ji Temple, Golden Pavilion and Niji Castle.

Music:
The Missing Link – The Whole Other
Hon Kyoku – Doug Maxwell and Zac Zinger;
Minyo San Kyoku – Doug Maxwell and Zac Zinger
Mizuki – Bad Snacks
OK POP KO! – Freedom Trail Studio
Back In The City – The 126ers
Central Park – Quincas Moreira
Don t Look – Silent Partner
Samurai Showdown – Sir Cubworth
Morning Mandolin – Chris Haugen
Rain On The Parade – Freedom Trail Studio
Krishna’s Calliope – Jesse Gallagher
Satya Yuga – Jesse Gallagher
Always Remember to Never Forget – The Whole Other
Eighty Miles – VYEN
Long Walks – Emily A. Sprague
Highway One – Steve Adams
Tratak – Jesse Gallagher
There’s Probably No Time van Chris Zabriskie is gelicentieerd onder een Creative Commons Attribution 4.0-licentie.
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This video shows the entire tour that we have made through Japan. The video is based on the separate videos of the different destinations. Those original videos are a bit longer and are in the YouTube playlist Japan Tour:

For this trip we traveled around Hokkaido for another week with a camper, you can find those videos in the playlist Hokkaido tour:

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