Lake Biwa in winter

[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3263.2583476259256!2d135.95280631483527!3d35.12522598032752!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x600175965f6ec127%3A0x882f35fc9b4e296!2z55C155C25rmW44Oe44Oq44Kq44OD44OI44Ob44OG44Or!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1514880008547&w=600&h=450] view from hotel room at the coast of Lake Biwa We got off Nozomi Shinkanksen at Kyoto and … More

snow covered mountain behind Lake Biwa

[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3263.2583476259256!2d135.95280631483527!3d35.12522598032752!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x600175965f6ec127%3A0x882f35fc9b4e296!2z55C155C25rmW44Oe44Oq44Kq44OD44OI44Ob44OG44Or!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1514880008547&w=600&h=450] view from hotel room at the coast of Lake Biwa We got off Nozomi Shinkanksen at Kyoto and … More

silver area

[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3253.531078814904!2d136.36945431484287!3d35.36728198026863!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zMzXCsDIyJzAyLjIiTiAxMzbCsDIyJzE3LjkiRQ!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1514879715123&w=600&h=450] silver area, view on my right side in Nozomi This is where just before Maibara Station after passing … More

view on my right side in Nozomi

[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3262.049750464075!2d138.74357131483612!3d35.15537998032023!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zMzXCsDA5JzE5LjQiTiAxMzjCsDQ0JzQ0LjciRQ!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1514879123993&w=600&h=450] Mt. Fuji on my right hand side in Nozomi Shinkansen bullet train This is where just before Shin … More

Nozomi, Shinkansen

[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3242.9696120252956!2d139.73657101463112!3d35.62847564047208!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x60188a5a6e148775%3A0x9a45c347f706db70!2z5ZOB5bed6aeF!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1514876873672&w=600&h=450] Nozomi, Shinkaknsen bullet train in Japan There are kinds of Shinkansen.  Nozomi is the fastest one between Tokyo … More