Today we disembarked for the last time, leaving the Resolution and boarding trains for Tokyo. In the Kanazawa train station we boarded the Hokuriku Shinkansen (bullet train), which left the station spot on time (Japanese bullet trains are never more than a few seconds late, and in 60 years have never experienced a single accident). Speeding at up to 260 km/h (162 mph) – and even faster between Omiya and Takasaki Stations, running at 275 km/h (171 mph) – we reached Tokyo in two and a half hours. Read on!
David Kotz 