Shinkansen...

This weekend, after a brilliant Halloween party on Saturday I went to Tokyo from Aizuwakamatsu. I had Monday off work from last weekend's school festival so I went to a nearby city Koriyama to catch the "Shinkansen" or "Bullet Train".

These trains travel up and down the whole length of Japan at tremendous speed. It's not usually worthwhile for me to get this train as there is a cheaper local train from Tajima, but it's worth taking the Shink just for the experience. It travels at amazing speed and inside it feels smooth and is almost silent. I am pretty sure that one of these trains, if brought to the UK could travel from Edinburgh to London in about 2 hours.