Distances you can travel on a European train in less than a day

Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by melling on Saturday June 06, 2015 @08:33PM (#9672928)

The airport in Tokyo was an hour to our hotel. I remember the Shinkansen being close to the hotel. We took it to Kyoto then to Osaka. The train was packed so even if it was expensive, it was full.

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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by ekianjo on Sunday June 07, 2015 @05:08AM (#9673927)

If you go during the tourist season, it's very likely full. If you go during early morning or evenings, they are likely to be full as well for people who do daily trips. During day-time, Shinkansen are half-full or even less that that. And I am assuming you had a JR pass, which means you had to seat with the "reservation free seats" which are usually always pretty much full and do not reflect the actual situation of the other wagons.

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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by melling on Sunday June 07, 2015 @11:35AM (#9675030)

We had a reservation. Almost everyone else was Japanese, not foreign tourists

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Re:Distances you can travel on a European train in less than... by saryant on Sunday June 07, 2015 @02:13AM (#9673606)

You probably flew out of Narita. Haneda is 20 minutes.

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