{"id":223,"date":"2004-11-21T14:37:03","date_gmt":"2004-11-21T14:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2004-11-21T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2004-11-21T14:37:03","slug":"tsubame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/tsubame\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsubame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu has a brand spanking new shinkansen called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/movabletype\/archives\/tsubame1.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/movabletype\/archives\/tsubame1.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\">Tsubame<\/a> which started revenue service earlier this year.  It has a lot of Kyushu touches such as wood window shades, wood seatbacks and tray tables and rope curtains.  Great looking design.<br \/>\nAlso very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/movabletype\/archives\/conductor.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/movabletype\/archives\/conductor.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\">friendly conductors!<\/a><br \/>\nThey are building the line in stages to replace the current Tsubame which is a tokkyu line or Limited Express.  From Hakata, it\ufffds called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/movabletype\/archives\/relaytsubame.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/movabletype\/archives\/relaytsubame.html','popup','width=480,height=640,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\">Relay Tsubame<\/a>, covering 150 km in about 90 minutes.  Then you switch to the shinkansen about half way down the island.  Then you cover 130 km in about 25 minutes.  A testimony to speed, eh?<br \/>\nWe are heading to Kagoshima , a city that has its own active volcano and on the map, looks like the southernmost city on the Japanese main islands.  It\ufffds a neat town, compact and walkable from our Ryokan which took us all of 10 minutes to get to from JR Kagoshima via tram and foot.<br \/>\nThe owner of the establishment is also an unofficial cheerleader and tourist bureau chief all in one.  He\ufffds proud of his city and its working class roots and it\ufffds place in modern Japanese history.<br \/>\nSince we got in after dark and many of Kagoshima\ufffds sights are best appreciated in the daylight, we puttered around downtown, taking snaps and hunting down ramen shops.  We found a good one and ate.  They make the speciality tonkotsu broth ramen with pieces of cha siu that is tender and just falls apart when you pick it up with your hashi.<br \/>\nWe got back around 2200 so that we could prepare for an early start touring the volcano, Sakurajima tomorrow AM.  Also, since doing the wash here is free (but drying is the usual Y100 for 10 minutes), I\ufffdm doing laundry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu has a brand spanking new shinkansen called the Tsubame which started revenue service earlier this year. It has a lot of Kyushu touches such as wood window shades, wood seatbacks and tray tables and rope curtains. Great looking design. Also very friendly conductors! 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