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Riding the local train from Miyazaki to Miyakonojo.
The sky had been clear and blue during my stopover in Miyazaki, however as the train departed Miyazaki City, the sky had begun to cloud over.I had walked back to the station after seeing City Hall, however the train took me back past there and then over a river, Oyodo River, which runs from just within the prefectural border of Kagoshima near Miyakonojo, and ultimately empties into the Pacific Ocean at Miyazaki City. It’s of a decent width and is the main water body in Miyakonojo. In no time at all the train was click clacking through deep countryside. On the left is a smaller waterway, and, yes, in the…
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Arrival in Osaka, bullet train to Fukuoka, initial training.
I flew into Kansai/Osaka airport. I was too busy following the instructions I’d been given on how to get to and onto the bullet train, thinking three steps ahead, and double checking everything to make sure I didn’t make any mistakes to notice much around me. Even years later though, what remains vivid is that the thing that made the largest impression on me travelling on the bullet train from Osaka down to Fukuoka was the number of tunnels and the experience of going through them at such speed. Sunlight, green and blue, black—–. Sunlight, green and blue, black——–. Sunlight, green and blue, black——. Along with the distinctive sound changes…