Railway to Kyoto

I'm writing this in a hotel room in Kyoto. In these few month, I'm taking a trip from Tokyo to Kyoto once a week for work. It takes a little more than two hours by SHINKANSEN, the super express train, per one way trip. Since my home is far from the Tokyo station, the total time required for the round trip is about 7 hours and this is stealing my time to sleep. I really hope SOHO becomes more popular in Japan.
But, crawling around the ground at speeds of over 200km/h is not a bad experience. Due to the complex landform, the weather of Japan changes very often. It shows various sceneries from the train window for the couple of hours. You would not be boring it.

This shining bullet train fascinates not only train enthusiasts.

Leaving crowded Tokyo. It was fine weather for a short trip. (It would be better if this wasn't a work)

Every suburban area is covered with this kind of ready-built houses.

You can view Mt Fuji from various angle in this trip.

Sanyo Solar Ark is a huge solar power generation facility. I missed the best shot.

A creepy cloud started chasing us.

When we reached at Kyoto, it had been snowing heavily.

The next day morning. a deadly cold waited for us.

Other random shots of the trip are here.