Travel – Page 39 – Journeys 3.1

Researching Trips

Today, researched trips.

I’ve been flying long-hauls for almost 40 years. It’s still magical.

Depart NRT Friday 3:30 p.m. Arrive MSP Friday 1:00 p.m., 11-1/2 hours later.

Friday, 8:00 a.m. Bullet train, Nagano to Tokyo. I’ll walk around Ueno Park, then continue to NRT (Tokyo-Narita).

Monday: Traveling to Sado, final “Island off Islands” I’ll stay in a ryokan and… walk.

Explored places Matsuo Basho visited 1689 traveling his “Narrow Road to the Deep North.” It’s fun figuring this out.

Saturday morning: a bullet train, then an express train to Kanazawa.

Today, Monday: Kagoshima to my next base, Nagasaki. I’ll take a bullet train, then an express train.

Early evening jetfoil back to Kagoshima after another good day hiking in the mountains of the island of Yakushima.

Thursday 11:15 a.m. Waiting to board jetfoil that will take me from Kagoshima to the little island of Yakushima.