The best way to experience Japan is by rail so the Japan Rail Pass we bought in advance in Sweden came in handy. It is very expensive going by train in Japan, but with the Japan Rail Pass that is only available to temporary visitors and needs to be bought outside of Japan, its affordable.
We had 1322 km and 493 minutes ahead of us when we got on our first Shinkansen in Shinagawa, one of the train stations close to where my brother lives. We changed in Shin-Osaka (by Osaka) and again in Hakata/Fukouka. The first two trains were high speed trains (not the fastest, but still very fast) and the last was more of a commuters train. They all had a girl walking around with a refreshment cart selling everything from cookies to whisky. I wanted to take a picture of the whisky sign but I didn't want to offend the girl pushing the cart. What we also liked with the trains was that the seats were reversable so you can always sit in the direction of travel.
The trains always stop at exactly the same place at the stations so you can always prepare where to stand and wait.
First train, quite cool.
Second train, very cool.
Third train, less cool.Turning seats.
Our lunch yet again consisted of triangular rise "balls" with a little something inside and nori on the outside (the green stuff used to make maki sushi rolls). So good! One costs about 10 SEK or 1.3 CAD. We should really have those in Sweden. I would definitely buy those instead of choklad for 10 SEK. Watch the movie below to see how they are properly opened.
Lunch.How to open the lunch.
We arrived in Nagasaki at half past five PM and decided to walk to our hotel instead of taking a tram which was a good choice since it wasn't more than 1 km between the station and the hotel. After checking in and leaving our bags in the small room on the 12th floor (top floor), we went out for dinner.
The hotel was right beside Chinatown so we had chinese food for dinner. I think we are the only tourists in Nagasaki at the moment so the staff at the restaurant thought we were very funny trying to eat noodles with chop sticks. I think we did a very good job. We had beer with dinner...the bottle was huge compared to the glas ...
After dinner we headed for Glover Park and the Catholic church Oura (one of Japan's oldest churches). They were both closed so we are heading there first thing tomorrow morning.
Oh, and by the way...we saw snow on the way south as well as snowying. And there is -10 somewhere in Japan (unknown where...since we only could understand the temperature on the news).
Jan, apparantely there is an International Quilt Festivale in Tokyo at the moment. Maybe you should head over here :o)
Well, that's all for today. Sightseeing tomorrow followed by a train ride back to Hakata/Fukuoka.
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