I’ve been flying long-hauls for almost 40 years. It’s still magical.
Category: Travel
NRT—MSP
Depart NRT Friday 3:30 p.m. Arrive MSP Friday 1:00 p.m., 11-1/2 hours later.
En Route to NRT
Friday, 8:00 a.m. Bullet train, Nagano to Tokyo. I’ll walk around Ueno Park, then continue to NRT (Tokyo-Narita).
Next up: Sado Island
Monday: Traveling to Sado, final “Island off Islands” I’ll stay in a ryokan and… walk.
Exploring Matsuo Basho
Explored places Matsuo Basho visited 1689 traveling his “Narrow Road to the Deep North.” It’s fun figuring this out.
Destination Kanazawa
Saturday morning: a bullet train, then an express train to Kanazawa.
Up Next: Nagasaki
Today, Monday: Kagoshima to my next base, Nagasaki. I’ll take a bullet train, then an express train.
Jetfoil to Kagoshima
Early evening jetfoil back to Kagoshima after another good day hiking in the mountains of the island of Yakushima.
Jetfoil to Yakushima
Thursday 11:15 a.m. Waiting to board jetfoil that will take me from Kagoshima to the little island of Yakushima.
Kagoshima Arrival
9:40 p.m. Arrived Kagoshima off bullet train.