Another Shinkansen from Kyoto to Nagoya - only half an hour.
How is this for frequency! A train every 9 minutes to Nagoya and on to Tokyo.
Getting ready
And Kumie keeping an eye on us.
I spent today by myself. My approach to travel these days is that an itinerary is a menu. I figure out what I really want to see, and what I am prepared to skip, and then I can see how my stamina goes. I am not prepared to become over-tired.
I couldn't check in until 3pm, so spent the next hours having morning tea, lunch, buying a blouse, and the best of all - the bookshop had a craft section and prices are so much better than in Aus. I couldn't believe it. Google Translate has almost flattened my phone, but now I have 5 new books. And I didn't even leave the station complex!
One of my pauses was to have a "mixed fruit parfait". One thing about Japan, desserts can be quite healthy! This was fresh mixed fruit with something crunchy in the middle topped by a beautifully applied soft serve ice-cream with red dusting.
The hotel is in the station complex itself. It is smaller than other rooms on this trip, but looks newly built. This is the first time I have seen provision for hard-shell suitcases.
And the room and the view
And lastly - how you cope with police labour shortage! This fellow (not the human) patrols the foyer outside the lifts on floor 15.
I wasn't sure if the electronic voice was telling me "no photos". But I got this anyway.