Travel day back to Toyko

Winding our way back to Tokyo on the Shinkansen today. That is going to be most of the day taken up.
We did have a very exciting morning though when we pulled back the curtains the volcano was spewing out smoke and ash like nobody’s business. Level 3 volcano warnings are in place today. I’m sure it’s a regular occurrence here but it was a dramatic farewell from Kagoshima for us.
We had to change trains at Osaka with only a quick turnover of about 15 minutes and now we are on the last leg to Tokyo. Beautiful clear day so we are hoping to see Mt Fuji on the way.
We did see it but it was a bit of a poor specimen!Read more