Screw the planes, I got trains at 200 mph!

Bye-bye Tokyo, hello Kyoto! Its quite a shock to the system (shock #325 this week,) going from the huge metropolis of Tokyo to Kyoto, but I think we'll do fine. We kinda have to learn everything over again, but faster. Time is short. What is riding the Shinkansen (series 500) like? Well, its long and spacious. Very nice. You know when a plane is in the process of taking off down the runway, right before the wheels lift off? Imagine that for a little over 2 hours. 200 mph, and it feels it. I've never felt G-forces in a train before.

So anyways, we're here. Safe and sound. New hotel, the ANA Hotel Kyoto. We just discovered our window opens up to a view of a major castle in the area. Not a bad way to start Kyoto.

Need to figure out dinner now.

Japan - Day 6