I'll start writing about our memorable trip to Hiroshima.
It started on August 1st. We got up at 3:30 in the morning and left home at 5 in order to take the first train. There is a special unlimited ride ticket by JR railroad company sold only during holiday seasons, called Seishun 18 Kippu. You could take any local trains cost only around $20 per day. You cannot take any bullet trains or limited express trains without paying additional fare.
We bought the tickets and made five connections to get to Hiroshima. It took us more than 6 hours to get there (if you use bullet trains you can get there within 2.5 hours).
We have the purpose to be there. We were to listen in the symposium called "The Road to the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons", which were starting at 1 PM on August 1st, so we needed to get to the Hiroshima station till noon.
I do love trip by train! I love it! So does Takao. We enjoyed our journey so much! And we made it! All trains came on time so we made all of the connections. Then....
No comments:
Post a Comment