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Japan: Sapporo to Nagano on the Twilight Express sleeper
Riding overnight trains must also be a special experience for Japanese. As I sit in the very comfortable and spacious salon car, with its linden-green upholstered sofas and oversize panoramic windows, the merchandise cart comes along. The attendant hands out a menue-like card showing all the items available, branded especially for the Twilight Express. A [...]
Japan: Sapporo’s 62nd Snow Festival
What started out 62 years ago as a school boy fun pastime is now a full fledged Snow and Ice Festival in Sapporo, Japan during early February every year. Innocent snowmen with button eyes, a carrot nose and a shawl belong to the past. Now there is corporate sponsorship for monumental structures, intricately carved, fancifully [...]
Japan: Tokyo to Sapporo with the Hokutosei sleeper train
For holders of the JR Railpass, this is a good option to get from Tokyo to Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido. The Hokutosei is a tokkyu limited sleeper express and leaves at 7 p.m. from Ueno Station, arriving the next morning at 11:15 a.m. in Sapporo. That is about 17 hours, but there [...]
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