Day: March 19, 2025

Tokyo & Fukui Adventures Thus Far: Sarah

Sarah Maldonado

Hello Digital Sojourn friends and followers! The last few days have been busy and exciting. Yesterday we travelled from Tokyo to Fukui! Only three hours by train was not bad for the distance covered! While in Tokyo we visited the Sensō-ji temple and Kaminarimon gate which had plenty of really cool shops near by with souvenirs and great food.  Although less exciting to the beautiful attractions, the subway was also really cool to see because in comparison to the US… Read moreTokyo & Fukui Adventures Thus Far: Sarah

From Tokyo to Fukui, a travel day

David Del Testa

We had our travel day today, from Tokyo to Fukui directly. After some discombobulation on my part in the Tokyo Subway, we arrived at the always-very-busy Tokyo Station, purchased box lunches, and got on the Hakutaka Limited Express of the Hokiriku Shinkansen, which meant we stopped at about 15 stations before reaching Fukui. As usual and as expected, everything went smoothly and comfortably, although the train was pretty crowded. Lovely snow-flocked mountains flanked us for most of the journey as we… Read moreFrom Tokyo to Fukui, a travel day