Mac North foolishly…
Then, Aroop and I booked a bus to Tokyo for the swing dance. The shinkansen was full, so we decided to give the bus a go. It’s a bit cheaper (US$20) and and a bit longer (3 hours vs 1.5). Free tea, tho, and an on-board toilet. A proper touring coach. We made a goal to try and book a ferry to some place on the Izu peninsula during the spring, that way we’ll have travelle in Japan by all forms of transport.
Uh, yeah. Glowing misconceptions there. No toilet, no tea. Just a 40 person bus with 46 people inside. Aroop and I got the miserable folding seats in the aisle, and there was terrible traffic - an extra hour on the bus. We got off a soon as we knew we were in Tokyo.
After we got back from Tokyo, we went to a small Opera - Carmen. The music teacher at his school sang to a piano accompanist. Both were great!