Shinkansen Video

Since I figure most people reading this will never travel by bullet train, I'd give you a little taste of what it's like. Click the image above & be whisked away at 185 miles per hour. I guess that would make this video about 3 miles worth of Japan. Honestly don't think the clip does a great job of showing off the speed until about 30 seconds into it. The real climax for me is when it rolls through a station at the end and everything is so close it just goes insane. The still above is from that part. Some thoughts about and highlights from our trip when we can actually think straight again.

Bonus Images:


Mt. Fuji looming over small town. The line kind of wraps around the mountain so it is in view for quite some time from various angles. That's some very smart planning.


And that's what the ground actually looks like for most of the trip. I find staring at it to be a perfect way to zone out.