[Crossing Japan by Train: DAY 0] Prepare Crossing Japan, from Fukuoka to Makurazaki!

[Crossing Japan by Train: DAY 0] Prepare Crossing Japan, from Fukuoka to Makurazaki!

Depart from Incheon Airport and head to Fukuoka! Takeoff time is always exciting. The weather is not good, so the clouds are low and heavy. This trip is [Crossing Japan by Train]. It departs from Makurazaki Station, the southernmost terminal of Japan’s JR,

And goes to Wakkanai, the northernmost station of Japan. My goal is to get to the station. Today, my goal is to enter Fukuoka, pass through Kagoshima, and get to Makurazaki Station. Today, I titled it [Prologue (Day 0)] to mean that it is a day to prepare for a longitudinal trip.

Incheon-Fukuoka route If you use it, you can see the islands ‘Shikanoshima’ and ‘Saitozaki’ in front of Fukuoka. Strictly speaking, Saitozaki is not an island as it is adjacent to the mainland, but I personally call it that for convenience . Now I can see Fukuoka. Landing at Fukuoka Airport!

This time, luckily it didn’t take long to enter the country! The bus to Hakata happened to be right around the corner, so I waited and got on it. It’s only a short distance to Hakata Station (about 15-20 minutes?) to exchange the rail pass (JR pass)…

This is the 7-day JR pass that will cover this trip. I came up to take the Shinkansen. The Shinkansen that will take you to Kagoshima Chuo Station is coming into the station. Boarding is always quick! Lately, I’ve taken the Shinkansen often, but I feel excited every time I get

On it. We’re heading south towards Kagoshima quickly. We pass mountains , see the blue sky, and see green fields, and continue down. Due to time constraints, I’ll have an energy bar and a pack of green tea (. ..) Before you know it, you’ve arrived in Kumamoto, about halfway through Kyushu.

If you keep running, you’ll reach Kagoshima Chuo Station, the southern terminus of the Kyushu Shinkansen! I went through the ticket gate, looked at the route map (actually, I came out of the ticket gate to go to the bathroom… haha), and then went through the ticket gate again.

Now, let’s take the train from Kagoshima-Chuo Station to Yamakawa Station! Ibusuki Makurazaki Line. It’s literally a train that departs from Kagoshima Chuo Station, passes through Ibusuki, and goes to Makurazaki. But I have other plans today, so this train will only go to Yamakawa Station Kagoshima is a cloud. There’s an invisible blue sky. A train is coming in. It’s a yellow train. After a short time at Kagoshima Chuo Station, we’re leaving! On the train, I looked at other trains and saw one-car trains passing by. Crossing the river, crossing the river, Sakurajima visible in the distance!

Spend time looking at the quiet cityscape of Kagoshima. On the train going from Kagoshima to Ibusuki, you can see the sea through the left window based on the direction of travel . You can run in the same direction as the car and see the open sea .

See it in hot areas. I can also see palm trees. I ‘ve almost arrived at Yamakawa Station. I’ve arrived at Yamakawa Station. I can see the writing ‘JR Japan’s southernmost manned station’. It’s an impressive view of the sea right in front of the station. I start walking from Yamakawa Station

. It is a railway bridge where the train from Yamakawa Station to Makurazaki Station passes. You can even hear the sound of water under the bridge. Yamakawa Station is the ‘JR Japan’s southernmost manned station’, and in addition, it is ‘JR Japan’s southernmost station’ and ‘Nishioyama Station’. And

Lastly, ‘Makurazaki Station’, which is today’s goal and the starting point of this longitudinal trip, is ‘JR Japan’s southernmost terminal station’. Tomorrow, I plan to go straight from Makurazaki Station to Kagoshima-Chuo Station, so today is Yamakawa Station and Nishio Station. I set a goal to see both Yamakawa Station and

Makurazaki Station, but since the trains between Kagoshima Chuo and Makurazaki run at long intervals, I calculated that I could see all three stations in one day by walking from Yamakawa Station to Nishioyama Station. came out , so I’m walking like this. I already felt it at this point, but

The road from Yamakawa Station to Nishioyama Station is quite uphill, so if you want to see 3 stations in one day like me, I recommend planning a leisurely itinerary and walking around. You can regret it earlier. However, there is already no time for spilled water and

The speed is not as fast as expected, which makes me even more anxious. For this longitudinal trip, I took a sling bag as an extra bag so that I could take pictures with a backpack without a carrier, but the weight of the bag was more burdensome than expected. It’s difficult because it’s big.

Even as I walk like this, time passes and the train time approaches. The mountain in front is ‘Mt. Kaimon’. If you look at the picture of Nishioyama Station, you can see that mountain in the background, so if you head towards that mountain, you’re going in the right direction. I walk under the bridge.

There isn’t much time left until sunset, so the sun is visible behind Mt. Kaimon. It’s dazzling and the backlight is strong. I see a sign showing the direction to Nishioyama Station. It’s Nishioyama Station.

Normally, even if I see the bell, I don’t touch it because it’s noisy. Maybe it was because it was hard to walk, but I wanted to commemorate something, so I rang the

Bell. The station is unmanned, so it’s really cozy. If you can’t see the railroad tracks, it’s so big that you could mistake it for a bus stop. If you look at the timetable on the left, on average, not a single car passes by per hour. That’s about it.

Based on the JR station, the stations at the north, south, east and west are marked. ‘JR Japan’s southernmost station’ If you look at the Nishiyama Station page on Google Maps, you can see many pictures of this. The current location is ‘Nishiyama Station’ in the red square.

The destination of this longitudinal trip is ‘JR westernmost station’, ‘ Sasebo Station’, ‘northernmost station, Wakkanai Station’, and ‘easternmost station’, ‘Higashinemuro Station’. We will take you from Nishioyama Station to Makurazaki Station. The train is coming in. I’m so tired that I just stare out the window. The sun is setting on the

Way. This is what the train looks like. This is the sign that says ‘South and North City – Terminal Station, Makurazaki – Wakkanai’ when I arrive at Makurazaki Station. Evening I’m leaving the station to eat. I’ll be back tomorrow for departure, so goodbye to Makurazaki Station for a while!

I ordered draft beer as soon as I arrived at the restaurant! I already took a sip. Since I barely had lunch today, I ordered a proper, hearty meal . There are three menus using tuna, fried food, raw fish, and stew. And when I open the soup, steamed egg custard, and rice

Under the tuna, I see three menus using Kagoshima black pork. It looks like pork cutlet, stewed, and grilled. It’s a luxurious dinner for the evening! We finished eating before we knew it. We looked at the lighthouse-shaped monument and headed to the hotel to rest

. The hotel we will stay at today is a hotel close to Makurazaki Station. We will rest for today and start our cross-country trip tomorrow!

(I recommend watching with subtitles turned on!)
A longitudinal train journey from Makurazaki Station, the southernmost terminal station of JR in Japan, to Wakkanai Station, the northernmost station!
Starting with the journey, we enter the country at Fukuoka Airport and go to Makurazaki Station.
I wanted to count the day of departure from Makurazaki Station as day 1 for a longitudinal trip, so I titled it Prologue and Day 0 to mean preparation before starting.

I was very late in uploading the video because I was thinking about a different direction from the videos I had uploaded before and wondering what direction I should edit it in.

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English is translated using Google Translate, so there may be mistakes or awkward parts!

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☆★The journey of this video★☆
[00:00] Flight to Fukuoka
[00:55] From Fukuoka Airport to Hakata Station!
[01:14] Kyushu Shinkansen (Hakata-Kagoshima Chuo)
[01:56] Kagoshima Chuo Station
[02:37] Ibusuki Makurazaki Line (Kagoshima Chuo-Yamakawa)
[06:11] Yamakawa Station (JR Japan’s southernmost manned station)
[06:27] Walk from Yamakawa Station to Nishioyama Station!
[08:29] Nishioyama Station (JR Japan’s southernmost station)
[09:44] Ibusuki Makurazaki Line (Nishioyama-Makurazaki)
[10:17] Makurazaki Station (JR Japan’s southernmost terminal station)
[10:46] Dinner!
[11:39] After finishing the day, I went to the hotel…
[12:09] Conclusion: Today’s travel record

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