12:30 a.m., Tokyo Haneda, about to board a flight to San Francisco, along with all the other jet-setters.
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Six hours in Tokyo:☑ Walked across Tokyo Bay☑ Explored Imperial Hotel lobby☑ Sipped beer above Tokyo Stati
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“My” street: ryokan’s, restaurants run by couples, homes. If the snow monkeys come out at night, I’ll be asleep.
A Small-Town Bullet Train Station
The last time I went through the town of Itoigawa (population 47,102) I was on an express to Kanazawa. Since then, the Shinkansen (bullet train line) from Tokyo to Nagano was extended to Kanazawa, and the new section opened in 2015. This week I rode the bullet train 97 km from Nagano to Itoigawa, just…… Continue reading A Small-Town Bullet Train Station
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Futon on Tatami
Futon on tatami. Traditional inn (Ryokan), Yudanaka, a small town near Nagano.
Once Seen, Not Forgotten
Japanese couple, Nagano.
Inaccessible
The mountains taunted me as I walked around Matsumoto today: the trailhead bus I wanted doesn’t run until mid-April.
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Now in Matsumoto in Japan’s “Alps”
Meijimura
Meijimura, huge building museum near Nagoya. Amazed to learn part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel was saved.