Last Sunday, I checked another long-time “to-do” item off my list with a ride on the “Sweets Car” of the Fuji View Express. The train runs on the Fujikyu (FujiQ) Railway, and connects Ōtsuki station with Mt. Fuji Station and other points in the Fuji Five Lakes region of Yamanashi Prefecture. The “Sweets Plan” ticket (which includes both the base fare and the express ticket fare, as well as the special sweets and drinks) covers passage from Ōtsuki to one of Mt. Fuji, Fujikyu Highland, or Kawaguchiko Stations; given my other plans for the day, I opted to end my
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A Visit to Tatsue Station – Local Train Travel in Japan
While urban stations like Tokyo Eki (“Station” in Japanese) often contain numerous platforms and many kinds of trains (including the high-speed shinkansen, or “bullet trains”), stations get significantly smaller as travelers move into the countryside.
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The journey from Tokyo to Tokushima City is just under 650 kilometers (depending on route) and can take as little as a couple of hours, if you fly, but I preferred a more scenic trip so I traveled by train.
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