- arrive at Narita (blue dot) early afternoon on 10/24 - activate rail pass early morning 10/25 - 10/25 thru 10/28 in Tokyo area, with excursions to Yokosuka and Boso Peninsula among others - Church in Machida on 10/28 - Head to Sapporo 10/29, stop for lunch in Hakodate w friend
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- Overnight in Sapporo, then visit Muroran, Koboro, and Kita-Funaoka on 10/30 - head to Honshu, spend night of 10/30 in Hirosaki - visit Tsugaru Railway and Yamadera on 10/31, spend night in Fukushima Still working out details on week 2
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if you're surprised that I haven't finalized my plans by now despite being hype for months about this: please understand how much stuff that I want to do that I have to cut due to time constraints...it is a difficult winnowing process...
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Why isn't there rail across Tokyo Bay?
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idk, but there are plenty of ferries and a cross-bay highway which likely carries buses
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the highway is mostly underground--there's a viewing platform where the causeway goes under, and a little inaccessible island that functions as an air exchangepic.twitter.com/iqQhBzQpLt
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It's about 5.6 miles of tunnel there--at the narrowest point, the bay is 4.3 miles across
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I was pondering why it didn't exist, but hadn't considered the length. Recently saw a thing on Norway largely not having bridges because it's just really deep, sim. why Golden Gate was an achievement at the time. My answer was that urbanization didn't occur on the other side.
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The depth is also an issue esp for trains bc railways can't handle steep grades like roads can--so what's possible for a road tunnel may be impractical for a rail tunnel. Lack of urbanization is one factor, but then again, urbanization can be spurred by having a link...
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For probably political and historical reasons Shogun 2 wasn't sufficient to teach me, there were no big cities comparable in Chiba. Tokyo was the big city in the area, and with no particular reason to connect east, it focused on expanding west/north into easy plains instead.
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first pic is a face
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What Japan trip number is this?
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