Tsukuba, Japan
Nothing special today, since we had to come back from Osaka to Tsukuba, before flying to Ishigaki the next day. We thus took the Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo, which was our last shinkansen journey with our JR pass :-( Hence, let's make this post a special Q&A on trains. 1) JR PASS We strongly recommend you get one if you intend to travel inside Japan. It can be bought only by tourists, and it is not sold in Japan, so you have to buy it in your co...