Friday, February 12, 2010

Trains.....Tunnels......Tremendous Meal

12th February, 2010

Today was filled with Trains, Whistles and what sounded like Seal Pups in the overhead lockers...hehe

The trains here are amazing, so clean and comfortable.
Each time the train pulls in to a Terminal it is cleaned and all the seats are turned around to face the way the train will be travelling next...even if your still on it. We couldn't figure out what was going on at first but we soon caught on..hehe

They also play a chime when you are about to enter the main stops, its like an alarm clock going off so you dont miss your stop...quite funny watching everyone when it goes off.


Snappy enjoying the view out the window from just outside of Furano Station.....after enjoying a Hot Choccy


















This is the information about the undersea tunnel that we went through...240 metres undersea!!















Snappy enjoying the view from inside the tunnel...I told him there was nothing to see but he insisted on looking out the window.











Short Video of the Countryside we were passing through today.....it was lots and lots of this and if you listen hard you can hear the Seal pups!





Man hole cover in Hachinohe..this area is known for its wooden horse apparently















This was our fantastic dinner...the night started out a little dodgy as we had no idea where to go for a feed and also the further we walked the seedier it looked.

So we walked back to the train station and went to the Tourist Information Centre and they were kind enough to point us in the right direction and boy were we ever grateful!!!




So tonight we are staying in a hotel right near the train station so we can catch our Shinkansen aka Fast Train in the morning for Tokyo!!

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