– April 16th 2023 –
Let’s go to Kyoto! I left the hotel around 9:30 am to go to Tokyo Train station. As I had time, my train was at 12:51pm. I went to a coffee place called Japan Rail Coffee. It is a nice place. I stayed there for a moment to check some stuff on the computer. After a while, 30 min before my train I decided to go to look for bento to eat on the train. I passed by the information screen with all the trains.
ODD, I cannot see my train on the board… I checked my ticket, I was at the wrong train station.
It was 12:20pm, I had to go to the correct train station in 26 min. Did I tell you that Tokyo is huge? I started to get a bit stressed, so I quickly checked on maps to see where the train station was and if I could reach it in time. YES! There was a train leaving at 12:27pm, so I had 7 min to book the ticket and find the right platform. I managed to take the train to the correct station, the train was arriving at 12:44pm, I had 6 min again to find the correct platform and catch my train. When I arrived at the correct train station, I had the good surprise to see that, 1st it was in time and 2nd that my next train will be on the exact same platform. THANK YOU JAPAN for that!
Now 2h30 of the trip, with no food unfortunately but in the train. I take that for a win personally. I arrived in Kyoto and found the hotel with no windows (That sucks) and stayed there to chill a bit and relax until dinner time. I went to look for Okonomiyaki, I found a nice restaurant. And went back to the hotel and found the plan for the next day.