airport code ‘KIX’) is built on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, Kyoto is located inland to the north-east of the airport. As the crow flies, there’s about 80 km between the two locations. There are a few transport options for getting from one to the other, so let’s get into...
An interesting station to look at would be Bern Hauptbahnhof (also see OpenRailwayMap for the track plan). The station has 14 tracks, where one has no platform, and serves to connect the yards on either side of the station. Access from the East is a 4-track, all banalisé (meaning th...
make sure you are ok with paying at least $75( $76 US dollar), it helps if you really need to get on a particular train that is very hard to book or if you are travelling during peak season. But if you are not in a hurry, travelling in leisure pace across Japan, perha...
(Okuhida ni ame ga furu, It rains in Okuhida). And, damn, check out that title. It’s a kanji nerd’s dream. Ryū grew up in Gifu, and the Hida area of that prefecture is the setting of the song. This is another debut song, making it one of three debuts in the top six, I...