I went to Tokyo to visit an old friend and to see Rob Hutchison, UW professor, lecture. Here`s a map. I left Kobe University on bus. Then transferred to local train, to Sannomiya Station. From there I took a bus to Osaka. In Osaka we met many others from the region who wanted to bus to Tokyo. We all boarded buses. We stopped twice, once at a truck stop full of trucks. As the sun rose, we got to Shinjuku station in downtown Tokyo. On the way back, I took the bullet train.

This is the inside of the overnight bus. Notice all the storage options, including a hook for your umbrella.

This is my seat in section. Note the sleeping umbrella.

Arriving in Tokyo, I checked into my accomodations: an onsen/public bath/capsule hotel. The capsule beds were very similar to a parking structure. See above diagram.

This is what it felt like to sleep in the capsule.