Trainlag

[Photo: Big Frank Dickinson]

Big Frank loves riding the shinkansen trains in Japan. Their top speed is between 150 and 190 miles per hour ... the scenery zips by. Big Frank just managed to get a snapshot of Mt. Fuju (see above) as the train shot across Japan between Tokyo and Osaka. A little known phenomena is that after travelling at that speed for a few hours it discombobulates the passenger - especially those gaijin (foreigners) who are not used to it. See above for the photo taken immediately upon getting off the train, and then the next one taken 5 minutes later when the so-called shinkansen-blur has worn off. Not to worry, Big Frank is no longer blurrrrrrrred. All is back to normal!