Getting there........
03/08/2005
30 °C
Well, only three and a bit weeks to go....
Have just found out we need to catch a train from Tokyo Station to Ochanomizu Station after catching the Airport Limousine Bus in from Narita Airport . AirportLimousineBus is the best site for details on this bus service. It also gave us links to our hotel and access details.
Using the ticket vending machines for the first time should be fun, if anyone can give pointers it would be appreciated. What an adventure awaits.
Spending more time in Osaka now,(an extra day),and hope to take a trip to Kyoto for the day. Everyone I have spoken to says that Kyoto is a must see. Have even toyed with the idea of ctaching a train on our own steam. Hopefully we will be more in tune with the workins of the rail system.
JapanRail is THE best place to start (I have found thus far). Japan-guide.com has a good link that shows a map of each of Japans Rail networks, JR East, Jr West, JR Central etc, from here back to Japan Rail and go to the link for the network you need.
Well, some thoughts on transport and such things...
More to come 
Posted by marckam 3:00 AM Archived in Transportation | Japan
Hi Marc, glad to see you're trying to fit Kyoto in.
It's not very far from Osaka, so should be an easy day trip. One great resource I found while in Japan is this rail timetable page. Unfortunately, it was slightly incorrect on one of the trips I took, but for the rest it was dead accurate and at the very least incredibly handy for figuring out how long it takes to get from a to b.
03/08/2005 by Peter