Inspired by Shaney’s post about the Seikan tunnel, I posted a travel suggestion regarding the Seikan tunnel in a comment.
See my comment in the above link.
In response to rapidly increasing social demands to restrict smoking, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has decided to make all Shinkansen trains and Limited Express trains operating only within JR East territory entirely no-smoking. With this change, additional smoking rooms will be provided on the platforms at major Shinkansen stations and conventional line stations [...]
In response to a request from Shaney in a comment on a post about the Ken-oh-dou, I made a kmz file for Google Earth about an empirically-determined faster route from Tsukuba to Narita Airport.
My experience shows that this route has less traffic and fewer signals and it is easier to speed. It takes approximately 45-60 [...]
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Tsukuba is having a rare snow day today. Since it doesn’t snow a lot in this area of Japan, a little bit of snow can make it difficult to get anywhere. Trains are often delayed or stopped and buses sometimes can’t run in the snow. If you are planning a trip and [...]
The University, the City, and the Police Department will be holding bike light education events on November 5, 8, and 9 from 6pm to 7pm on the University of Tsukuba campus.
November 5: Around Area 1 (in front of the student plaza)
November 8: In front of Hirasuna dorms
November 9: In front of Ichinoya dorms
The purpose of [...]
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