Cycling Under the Japanese Bullet Train Video Kyoto

新幹線の下に自転車乗

On a cold day, we rode down the bike path on the Katsura River, in Kyoto.

After a bit, the bridge for the  bullet train came upon us.

Fortuitously, the Intrada 80S/930 camera, attached to the helmet, was ready to roll.

This is along the Katsura River on the bike path about 5 km from Arashiyama.

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Sakura Bullet Train Shinkansen

さくら新幹線

In addition to bicycles, we count among our loves trains.

In general, the slower the better - city trams (or "trolleys," as we called them in our youth in Philadelphia), 1960s era lines to rural cities, etc. - however, the new bullet train from Shin Osaka to Kagoshima is pretty fabulous.

It runs at a crisp 300 km (185 mph) at top speed, but that is old hat in Japan.

What won us over is the design.

From the extended duck-billed platypus like nose to the wood panels throughout the interior, this is a sexy machine.

The cars moreover vary somewhat in design. On our ride south - from Osaka to Kumamoto - we were in reserved car in plush seats that brought to mind Ricardo Montalban. Though the ticket price is no different from the unreserved seats, the level of luxury was akin to a business class airplane seat.

On the way back to Kyoto, we ran up at the last moment and lined up for one the the unreserved cars. It was a bit less divine, but still reeked of plush.



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