Winter wonderland

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

We took a train from Kyoto to Toyama today, then changed there for a train to Takayama. The reason for this is that we’d heard that the ride from Toyama to Nagoya is one of the most beautiful in Japan, and we,ll be doing a Takayama to Tokyo via Nagoya in a couple of days.

Well, the report wasn’t kidding. The track is cut through the mountains, so you get forested mountainsides, rivers at the bottom of gorges, and at the moment it’s all silvered with snow. Toby took a bunch of pictures through the window with his phone, and I think this is the best and most representative of them. (And, as always, I’ll be posting a better version once we get home.)
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Tunnel

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

We’re in the middle of the 3rd longest tunnel in Japan and our phones have full signal. So I made this post.

It’s 11 km long, btw.

Sent from my TRS-80

Out the bus window

Crossposted from Glamorous in Retrospect. Author: Stephanie.

Condensation and motion blur gives this an atmospheric look. This is out the bus window on the way back from our half-day tour of Shirakawa-go.

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