Weather: sunny then partly cloudy 20°C, high 28°C Accommodation: woke up at Kobe Portopia Hotel; went to sleep at Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima. Train: Kobe 10:46 –> Hiroshima 13:01 (Kodama 739) We had another relaxed morning, this time packing and resettling…
Category: 2015 Japan
Japan 2015 Day 17: Himeji
Weather: sunny 20°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Kobe Portopia Hotel. We had another leisurely morning, then again took the hotel’s shuttle bus to Shin Kobe station. Today we took a short day trip to Himeji, so we didn’t bother with seat…
Japan 2015 Day 16: exploring Kobe
Weather: sunny 20°C, high 27°C Accommodation: Kobe Portopia Hotel. We enjoyed a slow start to the day. When we eventually left, we took the hotel’s shuttlebus to Shin Kobe station rather than the monorail as we had seen a playground…
Japan 2015 Day 15: Kanazawa to Kobe
Weather: sunny 21°C, high 27°C Accommodation: woke up at Hotel Pacific Kanazawa; went to bed at Kobe Portopia Hotel. Trains: Kanazawa 10:56 –> Shin-Osaka 13:32 (Thunderbird 18) Shin-Osaka 13:59 –> Shin-Kobe 14:12 (Sakura 559) The next morning we got coffee…
Japan 2015 Day 14: exploring Kanazawa
Weather: sunny and HUMID 19°C, high 28°C Accommodation: Hotel Pacific Kanazawa. As we’d had a big day the day before and had nowhere we needed to be by a certain time today, we had a bit of a relaxing start…
Japan 2015 Day 13: into the alps to Shirakawa-go and Takayama
Weather: overcast (and atmospheric!) with afternoon patches of rain 17°C, high 20°C Accommodation: Hotel Pacific Kanazawa. Eskil woke up at 7 am – a sleep in! We were dressed and walked to the train station before 8 am. The day…
Japan 2015 Day 12: travel from Matsumoto to Kanazawa
Weather: overcast with afternoon patches of rain 13°C, high 24°C Accommodation: woke up at Ryokan Matsukaze; went to sleep at Hotel Pacific Kanazawa. Trains: Matsumoto 10:07 –> Nagano 10:58 Nagano 11:25 –> Kanazawa 12:55 In the morning we packed up…
Japan 2015 Day 11: Kamikochi
Weather: sunny with puffy clouds 13°C, high 27°C Accommodation: Ryokan Matsukaze. Why does Eskil always have to wake up at 6:30!! It makes it hard when you’re in accommodation and don’t want him to wake other guests. A TV showing…
Japan 2015 Day 10: Off to Matsumoto
Weather: sunny with puffy clouds (especially designed to obscure Mt Fuji) 20°C, high 28°C Accommodation: Woke up at Kawaguchiko Station Inn; went to sleep at Ryokan Matsukaze. Trains: Kawaguchiko 10:06 am –> Otsuki 11:15 am Otsuku 11:31 –> Korfu 12:05…
Japan 2015 Day 09: Leaving Tokyo for Kawaguchiko
Weather: sunny morning; overcast afternoon (just in time to obscure Fuji-san!) 20°C, high 28°C Accommodation: Woke up at Kimi Ryokan; went to sleep at Kawaguchiko Station Inn. Train: Shinjuku 10:47 am –> Kawaguchiko 12:41 pm. I went downstairs with Eskil…