Last month, I posted some photos of airport trains; the N'EX, the Rapi:t and the Haruka in one of my posts.
Now, time for some photos of the trains we took zipping along the island of Kyushu.
We took this Limited Express Huis Ten Bosch from Hakata Station to HuisTen Bosch Station. That day, we probably spent like a day sitting down and making our butts extremely sore.
The trip to Huis Ten Bosch was made directly upon arrival to Kansai Airport so it was a 7-hour flight, a two and half hour ride on the shinkansen Hikari Railstar from Shin-Osaka to Hakata and then we got on board this limited express train for another one hour and forty minutes ride. Madness? Not if you enjoy train rides as much as we do!
The trip to Huis Ten Bosch was made directly upon arrival to Kansai Airport so it was a 7-hour flight, a two and half hour ride on the shinkansen Hikari Railstar from Shin-Osaka to Hakata and then we got on board this limited express train for another one hour and forty minutes ride. Madness? Not if you enjoy train rides as much as we do!
This Seaside Liner train we took from Huis Ten Bosch to nowhere.We didn't have any particular destination to go to and we got on board just out of curiosity. We were rewarded with awesome coastline view on this ride and a glimpse of rural life there too.
We had JR Passes so the extra cost taking non-essential/unplanned trains weren't an issue for us. And yes, we got on this train on top of those earlier rides I mentioned above that day.
We had JR Passes so the extra cost taking non-essential/unplanned trains weren't an issue for us. And yes, we got on this train on top of those earlier rides I mentioned above that day.
Getting on board the Sonic train from Hakata to Beppu. Our trip to Beppu was a day trip and it just wasn't enough. To Beppu we must return someday! The announcement of "Beppu, Beppu, Beppu" repeatedly was so cute! I wish I recorded it and put it here so you can listen to it too. ^^
This is the White Sonic plying the same route. A train otaku like us would make a point of taking the two trains for our return trip just to try them out.
Getting on the Relay Tsubame from Hakata to Omuta for our journey to Ultraman Land in Omuta, Kumamoto. Let's see, we've been to this part of the world twice using the Relay Tsubame, Tsubame and Ariake trains. The trains look similar, pity I don't have any photo of the Ariake to compare it here.
The Shinkansen Tsubame which we needed to make a transfer to, to get to Kagoshima-Chuo. Our train from Hakata was the Relay Tsubame and the train stopped at Shin-Yatsushiro and we dashed across the platform and got on the Shinkansen Tsubame. But not before snapping a photo or two!
Zaini had wanted to make the journey to Saga too (was it for the train Midori? I can't remember) but we simply didn't have enough time and energy to make the journey. You can only do so and see much with a 7-days JR pass.
On March 12 this year, the northern half of Kyushu Shinkansen is finally completed connecting Hakata Station to Shin-Yatsushiro station thus reducing much of the travel time. Also, there will be new trains (Mizuho and Sakura) travelling from Osaka to Kagoshima. The Sakura will be used and gradually phase out the Hikari Rail Star. I wish we can get on board these new shinkansens someday!
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