APR 24, Japan Visit: on to Nagoya: back in the big city environment

The Hida Express train is not a bullet train, but cruised at impressive high speeds travelling through the mountains surrounding Takayama to Nagoya in 2 hours and 20 minutes. The train is known for its oversized windows, allowing ample photographic opportunities.

Japanese technology:
a bagel-vending machine

at the Osu Kannon arcade

 CLASSIC JAPANESE HAIKU, in translation

cherry blossoms

fall! fall!

enough to fill my belly!

Kobayashi Issa

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