Gone are the days of simply hopping on the bullet train worry-free with your suitcase in tow. Now, there are strict Shinkansen baggage rules dictating both luggage size and storage. What does this all mean? We’ve got the how, when, where, and why of theShinkansenbaggage policies and res...
Shinkansen– The JR Pass prices have gone up and for many of you, it’ll make more sense to book tickets individually. The secret is that when you buy yourShinkansen tickets through Klookoffers special vouchers for Don Quijote and BIC when booking. Their tickets are super easy to redeem as...
In the sentence 光をかいている, 光 (hikari) means "light" and かいている (kaiteiru) is the verb form of the word かく (kaku). The kanji for かく in this context is 書く, which means "to write". However, in this sentence, 光をかいている does not mean "writing light". In...
Two days beforeI’m scheduled to return to the U.S., I take the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Tokyo. I sit on the left side of the car, staring out the window to glimpse Mount Fuji. When it arrives in my sight line, the top of the mountain is still white with snow, stark and sharp...
What does Nozomi mean? The term Nozomi (written as のぞみ) means Wish, Desire or Hope in Japanese. Before the opening of the Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Osaka, the name was already used by fast conventional trains and has been in use since 1932. ...
Hang Out in Funky Amerika-mura I stayed inAmerika-mura(also known as ‘American Village’)in the central Minami district – a place where the kids of cool come to hang out. Modern western fixtures mix with Japanese fashion and pop culture, creating a generation of urban street-cred locals ...
As the northernmost part of the Japanese islands,Hokkaidohas its own characteristic winter climate. The annual mean temperature in Hokkaido's largest city, Sapporo, is about 8.9℃, with the warmest temperature at 26.4℃ and occurring in August, and the coldest at -7.0℃ in January. Just from...
mean much. The problem is that the debate over incrementalism can be broken down into separate categories – infrastructure, top speed, planning paradigm, operations, marketing; for example, investment can be mostly on existing tracks or mostly on a new right-of-way, or something in between, ...
Does this mean I can’t travel to Japan at all anymore? Photo by iStock/U.Ozel.Images In principle, some people can still travel to Japan. Most flights are not only canceled because of travel bans, but also because of the generally decreased demand for flights with dozens of countries gl...
Relive the romance of Japanese sleeper trains by staying in a refurbished train carriage in Tokyo. Find out more in our guide to Train Hostel Hokutosei. Hokkaido As of March 26th 2016, Hokkaido will be connected to mainland Japan by Shinkansen. Learn all about the Hokkaido Shinkansen and the ...