Leopardess In Japan 2016

October 7th, Friday

  1. Narita airport to Ueno station – Keisei Skyliner
  2. Ueno station to Kanda station – Ginza Line
  3. Kanda station to Akihabara station via Keihintohoku Line

Narita Airport to Ueno Station Via Skyliner

Ueno station to Kanda station via Ginza line

 

Kanda station to Akihabara station via Keihintohoku Line

 

October 8th, Saturday

  1. Kanda station to Tokyo station – Yamanote line
  2. Tokyo Station to Hiratsuka Station – Tokaido Main line (and back)

Kanda station to Tokyo station via Yamanote line

 

Tokyo Station to Hiratsuka Station via Tokaido Main line (and back).

 

October 9th, Sunday

  1. Tokyo to Hamamatsu Station – Shinkansen

 

October 10th, Monday

  1. Hamamatsu station to Shin-Osaka station – Shinkansen
  2. Shin-Osaka station to Osaka Station – JR Tokaido Sanyo line
  3. Osaka station to Tanimachiyonchome Station – Tanimachi subway line
  4. Morinomiya station > Osaka station/Umeda station – Osaka Loop line
  5. Umeda station to Ikeda station – Hankyu-Takarazuka Line
  6. Ikeda station to Osaka station – Hankyu-Takarazuka Line
  7. Osaka station to Shinsaibashi station – Midosuji subway line

 

 

 

 

October 11th

  • Shinsaibashi station to Umeda station – Midosuji subway line
  • Shin Osaka to Kyoto station – Limited Express Thunderbird (and back)

 

 

KYOTO STATION IS HUGE!!!! It is gorgeous!!! It is super cool. Huge shopping complex. Kyoto is known to have 100s of Shrines and Temples. Jasmin chose some pretty good ones. The funny thing is that we didn’t use the JR or trains this day. We got a one day bus pass and went from there.

 

Kyoto City Bus pass. Then the intense map showing the different routes, the different ways to get there (train or bus) and the stops themselves. The map is intensely busy. Should have bought the subway and train pass as later we would use both.

 

 

 

October 12

  • Yotsubashi station to Nishi-Umeda station – Yotsubashi subway Line
  • Nishi-Umeda station/Osaka station to Kyoto station – Tokaido-Sanyo Line
  • Arashiyama station to Randen-Tejingawa station – Arashiyama line
  • Randen-Tejingawa station to Uzumasa-Tenjingawa station – walk
  • Uzumasa-Tenjingawa station to Karasuma Oike Station – Subway Tozai line
  • Karasuma Oike Station to Kyoto station – Subway Karasuma line
  • Kyoto station to Shin-Osaka station – Shinkansen
  • Shin-Osaka to Shinsaibashi – Midosuji line

 

At Arashiyama station, we explored Kimono Forest. It was late and we were tired from the long day in Kyoto. We covered many things and went from East to West Kyoto.

It was time to head back. I lost these pictures when I merged them on my computer and thought they were all the same (idiot move!).  But we jumped on 3 systems to get back to JR Kyoto station.

Randen Arashiyama station is for the the Keifuku Randen tram system. The trams are Electric. The fare is a flat rate, I think of $2 or 220 yen. You can buy a ticket before or pay in change after.

These are historic and nostalgic since these are very few (I learned of only 2 tram lines left).

We started at Arashiyama station (A13) and needed to get Randen-Tenjingawa Station (A5). After getting off at Randen-Tejingawa station, it is a small walk to Uzumasa-Tenjingawa station (operated by Kyoto Municipal Subway). While the tram is street level, once you get off, you’ll see a small building across the street that stands out because it is some kind of peach color. That is the subway entrance.

Here we boarded the Tozai line at Uzumasa-Tenjingawa Station (T17)

 

 

We would get off at Karasuma Oike Station (K8).

 

 

October 13th

We headed back from Kyoto to Tokyo. At Tokyo station, we got on the train to Shinjuku station.

then switched line to Kinshicho station. 

At Kinshicho station we changed to Hanzomon subway system.

 

At Oshiage station, short walk to Tokyo Skytree base

 

Skytree to Odaiba

Asakusa line > Keihintohoku Line > Rinkai line

 

The Last day, I went to Mishima for van meeting. I woke up early and took the Shinkansen to Shizuoka and then took the taxi to Shimizu Marine park. I also took a taxi back and then to Shinkansen to Tokyo station. 

 

I also went a car event in Odaiba, so I did the route the day before. 

 

 

 

That was the end of the 2016 trip. What I learned was that the train system was super convenient and easy to navigate.. this would send a my future trips to be train based and lead me to study the various lines, routes and stations.