Originally Posted by clinicallyobeast
leave some time to navigate tokyo station. the narita express comes in on the marunouchi side and the Shinkansen goes from the other side and this is not obvious. be ready to wander around for hours if you've not done this before. it drove me mad. its like there are two tokyo stations.
also, the bullet train is not very bullet! it doesnt really go that fast on that line, at least. distance from tokyo to kyoto = 370 km. so thats average 148km/h. the regular train from london to newcastle here in the uk would average 143 km/h (380 km in 2.65h) and no one calls that a bullet.
Thats because of all the stops at Yokohama, Nagoya etcetera.
Talking about Nagoya, I love the place and have friends living there.
Largest concentration of Pachinko parlours in the world in that city(third lagest city in Japan), a nice harbour with a great Aquarium, insanely good seafood and the best Miso soup you will ever have.
All at unbeatable prices compared to Tokyo and Osaka.
Kyoto is nice too, the old capital of Japan and left relatively unharmed by the US during second world war so it has a lot of really old temples to visit.
It is also the city Nintendo is located in.