Relatively early on the morning of Friday, 21 March, we traveled to Kyoto from Fukui. We took the new Hokiriku Shinkansen to Tsuruga, and then did this crazy run to catch the onward-bound Thunderbird Limited Express. I think some additional thinking should have been carried out on this transfer point! The Hokiriku Shinkansen will not connect Tsuruga and Kyoto directly until perhaps 2045, but there are certainly signs of construction all along the way. After two hours on the train,… Read moreFrom Fukui to Kyoto