2011 Virtual Vacation
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- Day 9, Oct.11th, Tue.- |
Meeting with Phil & Betty Towler. Back to Tokyo to ride a fancy Sleeping
car "Hokutosei"
可児市でタウラー御夫婦を訪問。寝台急行北斗星個室で再度北海道へ
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We left Kagoshima on Tuesday afternoon, and traveled by Shinkansan through
Hiroshima to all the way to Osaka where we got another sleeping car, which
was like a bad movie. "Buried alive"? "Asleep among the
dead"? I was awake from 3AM until we left that rolling slum at about
6:30AM.
三段式の寝台車もやはりジョンにはかなりきつかった。朝3時から起きていたようだが、身動きがとれないので、そのまま寝ていたとか。直江津でローカルに乗り換え長野へ。長野から名古屋に行く特急ワイドビューしなので多治見まで。多治見から太多線で可児市、タウラー御夫婦を訪問。 |
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Police Orchestra @ Nagano station
長野駅構内で警察の楽団演奏 |
Conductors on the Limited express
特急乗務の車掌さんたち |
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two Buddhism monks
お坊さん二人 |
With Phil & Betty Towler
タウラー御夫婦と |
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| To make our connections work, Hiromi had plotted a route through Nagano
where the Winter Olympics were held back in 1998, and leaving Nagano we
hurried toward Kani city, where we met with fellow missionaries from Tulsa,
Phil & Betty Towler. They were wonderful hosts. Betty prepared a feast
and we had a great time of fellowship, Back on the train to Nagoya to get
another bullet train, this time to Tokyo, where we made a really cool move.
Hiromi booked us on a train from Tokyo to Ueno, only a six minute trip,
but from Ueno we were able o grab a sleeping COMPARTMENT, which was the
best rest I have had since Saturday night in Fujisawa! The compartments
are compact, but comfortable. We were also able to watch a full length
movie (Robin Hood with Russell Crowe) in the lounge car. They had a dining
car on this train, but we elected to eat another prepared dinner, alone
in our little compartment. Very romantic! |
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Hokutosei
上野駅、寝台車"北斗星" |
Beautiful Dining Room
食べなかったけどステキな食堂の写真 |
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| 可児市でタウラー牧師たちと楽しい時をもつ。ベティーさんのおいしい手料理に感謝。名古屋から新幹線で東京へ。寝台車北斗星は上野発なので、東京上野間も東北新幹線のグリーンに乗ってラッシュアワーを避ける。せっかくのフルムーンパス、出来る贅沢は、し放題させてもらおう。 |
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