KYOTO, Japan — For something different on a Saturday, I decided to take the bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto, to see a part of Japan I’d never seen before. According to Google Maps ...

“Most people travel towards Kyoto and Osaka,” said the East Japan Rail Company. “(But) there are many interesting locations ...

Teatime in ‘Old Japan’ Kyoto is “old ... when you first arrive in Tokyo couldn’t be more apparent. Having weaved across the country on the Shinkansen train, the city’s buzz was electric ...

As long term Japan resident ... going via Tokyo by Shinkansen when it planned to travel from Kyoto to Kanazawa. Turner suggested Kanazawa can be reached from Kyoto by express train.