Fulbright in Nagoya » shinkansen http://www.jimmykuehnle.com/fulbright Public art in Japan Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Hot Dog Bus Ride To Nagoya http://www.jimmykuehnle.com/fulbright/travel/hot-dog-bus-ride-to-nagoya/ http://www.jimmykuehnle.com/fulbright/travel/hot-dog-bus-ride-to-nagoya/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:23:02 +0000 admin http://jimmykuehnle.com/fulbright/travel/hot-dog-bus-ride-to-nagoya/ Hot Dog Bus from Tokyo to Nagoya sitting at Shinjyuku Station.For speed and convenience nothing beats the Shinkansen. There is no need to go through airport security and the time from buying a ticket to being on board and moving can be as little as 10 minutes. It is fast, comfy and expensive. For those on a budget nothing beats the highway bus except maybe hitchhiking. Tickets for these buses may also be purchased on the day of travel but it is a bit more of a hassle. I waited too long to buy my ticket and therefore had to wake up extremely early in the morning to ride the Hot Dog Bus back to Nagoya after the Fulbright reception. I boarded the bus pictured here at Shinjyuku Station. This bus is no frills so instead of an on-board toilet the bus stops at rest stops along the way. The trip is longer because of this but not my much. Mimi’s sister made me a bento box lunch which I ate onboard and slept most of the way to Nagoya.

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Jimmy in Chicago Ohare

I thought that since this would be the first time that I wasn’t flying standby since Continental that it would go without a hitch but I was wrong. Mimi called the agency and left a nasty message and eventually got the money back. The flight was uneventful. At the airport after sending our luggage with a takyubin, a luggage delivery service that is very affordable in Japan, we sat down for some long awaited wasyoku, or Japanese food.

I took a picture of me with my reasonably priced donburi and a quite expensive nama beer. I enjoyed the food but jet lag was starting to get to Mimi and I so we started to make our way to the Hotel. It was still over an hour by train from Narita.Gyudon and Nama Beer

We eventually checked into the Daichi Hotel Annex later that night after a long train ride from Narita. The room we stayed in was just renovated and quite nice. The drapes opened with an electric motor by remote control. One could order in room massages as well as on demand movies. Before I fell asleep I watched the Shinkansen and JR trains racing by below my window. Yatto! Finally in Japan.

Daichi Hotel Annex in Tokyo, Japan.

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