After Kyoto, it was making base in Yonago because it was closest to Sakaiminato and Izumo. I had wanted to visit Shigeru Road and the Kitaro author's hometown since my first trip to Japan but the distance from Tokyo seemed too daunting at the time. As far as hotel choice was concerned in Yonago, there were only two choices during the...

Today we were going to move base to Nagoya because it was in between the other places we wanted to visit next. It was also going to be our first time on the Shinkansen (Bullet Trains) which was exciting because they looked awesome to travel on. They also made the JR Pass worthwhile since you could go on them as much as you wanted and, a single...