Picturesque Japan

Hello, travelers. This is  Kumi .   Picturesque Japan  Blog introduces you to an inexpensive train journey around Japan. This is Day 1. 07:47 Omiya - 10:07 Tokyo 10:16 Atami - 11:13 Okitsu Arrived at Okitsu station. The weather isn't good. Wow! No restaurants nor shops!? I managed to find some food at this supermarket. 11:55 Okitsu station - 12:01 Shin-urayasu-bashi (bus) Walked 30 minutes from Shin-urayasu-bashi bus stop to Satta Pass（薩埵峠） Here I am! I could have seen a beautiful scenery from here... The faded mountain in the distance is actually Mt. Fuji. Doesn't look like Mt. Fuji? Would have been much better with Mt. Fuji, but this is quite a view! Okay, let me go back to Okitsu station. Hmm... Mt. Fuji... The ocean was beautiful, anyway. 14:41 JA Okitsu-shisho-mae - 14:49 Okitsu station (bus) 15:04 Okitsu - 15:20 Shizuoka 15:23 Shizuoka - 1...

Hello, travelers. This is  Kumi .  I'm going on a 5-day trip with the seasonal unlimited ticket called " Seishun 18 ." https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/seishun18.html This is the ticket valid for five days (*doesn't have to be consecutive) and you can ride only local and rapid JR trains throughout Japan. Seishun 18 is available for specific periods in spring, summer, and winter. For this spring, you can buy the ticket from February 20 to March 31 . Then you can use the ticket from March 1 to April 10 . I'm going to tweet a lot about my journey, so please follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/picturesque_jpn