Sakura and Snow: Spring Rail Travel in Japan

Pushing the limits of the JR Pass (26th April – 10th May 2015). Through 14-days on the JR Pass, our travels would probably be best described as ‘extreme sightseeing’ where each day we would travel ridiculous distances to photograph stuff, only to travel ridiculous distances back again. Our first day is an early example, when we travelled 1,200 km from Tokyo to the northern parts of Japan, to photograph sakura blooms, only to return back to Tokyo again. And while we did have initial reservat...