Transfer to Aomori

The struggle gets real. Where are the taifuns going to go? Will we be able to travel to Fuji?

But first, we will go back onto the right island today. Until 9 years ago, this would have been a train ride to a ferry and then several hours over the sea to Aomori.

Now, it is a limited express back all the way we travelled the last few days until the next Shinkansen station and then 240m under the sea to Shin-Aomori. In a few years, it is going to be just one train ride with the Shinkansen in Shin-Sapporo all the way through.
It’s a way less scenic but a lot faster trip.

In Aomori we did the short tour through the main street, a stint at the visitors centre, the old harbour and into a dingi hall with three street vendors where we could get apples for a regular price.

Dinner was a bit splurgy with Australian beef.