Trains, fails and one epic match night | A football adventure in Japan

What happens when you try to travel over 1,000km by local train in three days to watch two matches in northern Japan?
I decided to find out on a journey from Saitama to Fukushima and Akita. The aim was to catch two games: Fukushima United versus Fujieda MYFC and Blaublitz Akita versus Kataller Toyama.
It didn’t quite go to plan…