Tokyo to Kyoto

We traveled to Kyoto today by Shinkansen. We activated our Japan Rail passes at Shinjuku Station (tip: go to the Information office on the southeast side of the station). Then we took a train to Tokyo Station, where we eventually found the Tokaido Shinkansen platform (as opposed to the regular Tokaido Main Line which is not a bullet train and runs from an entirely different part of Tokyo Station). The Shinkansen runs every half hour, so it did not matter much that we missed one by going to the wrong platform. We just had the ticket counter create a new reservation.

About the Shinkansen itself: wouldn’t it be nice to have something like that run through the California Central Valley some day? I hope that plan works out.

We are staying at the Granvia Hotel Kyoto , which is not only very nice but also very conveniently located, sitting as it does right on top of Kyoto Station.

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