YUDANAKA I
Japan's rail system is designed for optimum efficiency, and their express and Shinkansen (ultra high speed rail) are extremely comfortable and roomy, even in the "coach" section. But they are not excellent vehicles to see the countryside well. This is NOT a complaint (in fact, I wish that we in the U.S. would learn from both the Japanese and the Europeans as far as rail transportation is concerned). I'm just afraid that some of you who know me well may fear that I was deathly ill or something when you see that I went all the way from Narita into Tokyo, and then on to Nagano without taking any pictures! Of course, as you dash along at speeds of up to 199 miles per hour on the Shinkansen, you really don't have time to get your camera up and press the shutter before what you originally saw is way behind you.......
So, here we are in Nagano ready to board a local line to take us on up to Yamanouchi Town.
OptimImagery
on December 7, 2013LOL
Jim
on December 7, 2013So... the Japanese dedicate entire sections to coaches? Sports must be truly big in Japan!