やっとね , しんかんせん に います!!

“It is hard to be an individual in Japan”
Haruki Murakami

I’ve finally hopped onto a bullet train paying an exorbitant fare. Boarded the Shinkansen at Okuyama, conjecturing my way out of Sakaide, from which the now famous Oka-sen Udon originated, to Kyoto, the birthplace of Haruki Murakami. Trust me, Japan’s complex train line is a tough challenge when you speak little Japanese and all alone in the city.

I’m off now to roam the city as I was told last night that Osaka is the home to the powerful Yakuza.