Kyushyu Mini-Holiday: Part 1 - The Road to Kyushyu

I left the Board of Education an hour early to get down to Miyazu and grab a train (with Leigh and Simon) to Fukuchiyama, and then to Kyoto station. The trian was 13 minutes late, and we nearly missed out connecting train but managed to hop on it alright! Simon and I ate chocolate shou creams and Leigh felt sick and yucky. Then I grabbed a coffee from the station's starbucks and Leigh and I grabbed some yarn from the yarn/sweater store. After that, she went off to Steve's, Simon went to his hotel, and I got on my bus to Kyushyu.

Kyushyu is a very long way from Kyoto, so I opted to take the less expensive overnight bus there. The trip began at 7:40pm and would arrive in Nagasaki Prefecture at 0615am. It was a long trip! The bus was really comfortable! The seats stretched out and each passenger got a complimentary blanket and slippers. I sipped my hot chocolate, snapped some photos of Osaka as we passed by, and slept pretty soundly for most of the ride.

I believe I will take another overnight bus when I go to the airport near Tokyo. It saves a lot of money!

(Here we have a man utilizing all of his space. This man was much bigger than I was, and his feet were really grosss).