Travel in Japan

The beauty of JR Pass, allowing us to travel at almost obscene mileage to god knows where in Japan without worrying about any extra cost and we can pretty much plan our trip on a whim. We scrapped plans to visit the neighbouring island near Takamatsu

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2,000KM In 24 Hours!

Will The Train Come? to this last stop?

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At The Last Stop

Apart from the awesome ride on the Akita Shinkansen , we had a ball of time taking a on the Resort Shirakami (Buna).

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Akita On The Move : View From The Resort Shirakami

We didn’t sight-see much in Akita. We went there a couple of times, true but it was mostly because of the trains that we wanted to take and that of course includes the Akita Shinkansen. What we saw in Akita were mostly through the trains’ window

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Akita On The Move – On The Akita Shinkansen

Early morning at Akita Station, waiting for a local train bound for Detohama.

You don’t think I am finished yet with my useless photos of Osaka, do you?

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Walking in Osaka, At The Park

Just some random local trains and a bus or two that either all of us took or the ones Zaini took on his pursuit to recover Raimie’s lost Ultraman Max jacket. But first, a shot of Kanazawa loop bus.

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A Bus And Some Trains In Kanazawa

I seriously think that my family is not fated to explore much of Kanazawa. The two times we visited Kanazawa , it rained almost the whole day! OK, we managed to visit Kenrokuen and made a trip to Terai to visit Ultraman Stadium ; but other than that, we were indoors and spent much of the time exploring the

One sunny day in March 2008, we decided that we should go check out how real snow looks and feels like.

We had a blast taking numerous trains in Kyushu . However, for the West (by West, I mean the area covered by JR West) it was just a few trains that we tried

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Trains, Trains, Trains & A Tram – The West