Trams of Kitakyushu and the Forest of Yufuin
After the wild winds and torrential rain from Typhoon Phongvong the previous day, I awoke to a fine day in Kokura. I walked to the station in the warm sun to visit the […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
A Monorail and Huis Ten Bosch (Railfanning in Typhoon)
I woke up in the northern Kyushu city of Kokura to the sight of rain heavily falling outside my hotel window. I didn’t have an umbrella, but thankfully my hotel […]
Aioi to Kokura via Shikoku
I awoke early in my hotel in Aioi and after a very basic complimentary breakfast, headed across the road to the Shinkansen station. Today I was planning to spend some […]
Aomori to Aioi via Nagano and Nagoya
I awoke in a curtained bed of a couchette car aboard the Hamanasu overnight train from Sapporo to Aomori. It was early, but I could hear the other passengers around me stirring, […]
