• Bullet Train

    August 22, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    Took a bullet train from Tokyo to Hiroshima. The train gets up to speeds around 200mph, which is a lot faster then the 45mph Amtrack I am familiar with. What surprised me the most is the train went thru a number of cites in Japan and I did not see any poor neighborhoods or wealth neighborhoods. It is like everyone in Japan is middle class. When I was in Brazil I saw millions of people living in slums.Read more