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Travel details |
Departute station, time |
Transport |
Arrival station, time |
Osaka Bay Tower Hotel to: Yokkaichi and Hikone |
Bentencho, 05:30 | JR Osaka Loop Line | Osaka, 05:39 |
| Osaka, 05:46 | JR Kyoto Line | Shin-Osaka, 05:50 | |
| Shin-Osaka, 06:08 | Shinkansen Hikari 504 | Nagoya, 07:17 | |
| Nagoya, 07:27 | JR Kansai Line | Yokkaichi, 08:21 | |
| Yokkaichi, 11:24 | JR Rapid Mie Service | Nagoya, 11:58 | |
| Nagoya, 12:11 | Shinkansen Hikari 467 | Shin-Osaka, 13:03 | |
| Shin-Osaka, 14:13 | Shinkasen Hikari 520 | Maibara, 14:49 | |
| Maibara, 14:59 | JR Biwako Line | Hikone, 15:04 | |
| Hikone, 19:00 | JR Biwako Line | Maibara, 19:05 | |
| Distance travelled: 691 km | Maibara, 19:07 | Shinkansen Kodama 669 | Shin-Osaka, 19:54 |
| Total travel time: 6 hrs 47 min | Shin-Osaka, 20:09 | JR Special Rapid Service | Osaka, 20:13 |
| Cost of travel: ¥32,750 (~$409) | Osaka, 20:16 | JR Yamatoji Line | Bentencho, 20:26 |
Yokkaichi (四日市市) is a relatively small town to the east of Osaka and to the south of Nagoya. I had to go to the port there on business, then walked around the streets of the town and had a very nice lunch and coffee in a quiet cafe under the cherry blossoms... If you would like to see a typical pleasant Japanese town - Yokkaichi is the place.
Hikone (彦根) is a nice town on the eastern shore of the Lake Biwa. The Hikone Castle that was built between 1603 and 1622 is not only one of the most beautiful ones - but it is also an original, and not a concrete reproduction like many others. On the way from the JR Station to the castle you will also see a relatively small but quite impressive World War II memorial and a shrine. After visiting the castle - allocate some time to visit a magnificent garden, where you can also have nice cup of Japanese tea with a cake... |
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