Travel in Japan

One of the highlight for Raimie vacationing in Japan is Ultraman. We went to Hero’s Base in Kawasaki and he was able to meet a couple of Ultra Heroes there

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Ultraman Drinks For Raimie

Yep the Wild Bills opener is almost here! If you miss it you are an idiot! Wild Bills is just a super cool place to kick with friends, meet some locals and have an enjoyable night out in Niseko at anytime. As with anyone that has spent time in Niseko , it is impossible to  speak highly enough of Wild Bills.

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Wild Bills 2009/10 Opener

Taking the Steam Locomotive BanEtsu Monogatari-go at 3.25pm, we arrived Niigata station at 7.00pm.

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Ekiben – Niigata

With the start of the season just around the corner, the crew from Black Diamond Tours is hosting a avalanche seminar at Yuki Bar this Friday – 30th October, 2009.

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Niseko Hirafu Avalanche Seminar

Our bought ekiben in the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari-go. Read more about the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari-go here . Instead of the food/snack trolley pushed by a train attendant in other long distance train, this locomotive has a shop selling food items, drinks and souvenir items

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Ekiben – On the SL Ban Etsu Monogatari

SL Banetsu Monogatari-go is a special express train that runs on a 126-kilometer track from Niigata to Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima and vice versa. This steam locomotive is a C57-180 type train that was in service from 1946 to 1969.The train made a comeback on Apr 19, 1999 celebrating its 10th year anniversary this year. This trip of ours was covered by JR East Pass too and we used this journey for our second day of our 3-day pass.

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A Ride On A Steam Locomotive

After checking-out from Taenoyu Onsen, we departed for Aizu-Wakamatsu for the sole purpose of getting on the steam locomotive SL Banetsu Monogatari-go to Niigata; which will be in my next post. From Tazawako Station, we went to Sendai before going to Koriyama. There, we hopped on the Rapid Train on JR Banetsu Saisen (West line) – fully covered by JR East Pass; for about an hour to Aizu-Wakamatsu

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To Aizu-Wakamatsu And Of A Red Cow

I know this post should go up first before my posts on Lake Tazawa or those of Taenoyu Onsens (1, 2 & 3) earlier, but better late than never! Going to Taenoyu Onsen (which I had put up a few posts earlier), we started our journey from Ueno station to Tazawako station on the Akita Shinkansen Komachi. A 3 hour trip that was covered by our JR East Pass that would otherwise cost 15,000yen. (And we got our 3-day JR East Pass for a mere 10,000yen & 5,000yen for Raimie).

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Taking The Akita Shinkansen Komachi To Tazawako Station

All Toyoko Inn hotels in Japan provide free breakfast for their guests. Most branches that we went to previously offered Japanese breakfasts which consisted of onigiri (rice balls), miso soup and assorted array of pickles apart from green tea and coffee. There are exception to this.

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Getting A Complete Breakfast At Toyoko Inn

All Toyoko Inn hotels in Japan provide free breakfast for their guests.

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Getting A Complete Breakfast At Toyoko Inn