The Night Train

Fernando had a great idea to save some money and get us across country at the same time. We bought tickets on a sleeper train from Tokyo to Hiroshima that left at 6pm and arrived about 6am on Saturday morning. After I went to bed at 11pm I slept pretty well all the way until 5am, except for the one time I woke up at 1:30am because I thought I heard someone near our stuff. The train company gave us each bedding and a nice robe, see the non-paid model above. Thankfully the top bunks stayed empty through the night, like about 80% of the train which made it creepy in a way.
This was my first experience on a sleeper car and I thought it was great. I can sleep just about anywhere and quite well once I'm tired (qualities I inherited from my father I believe). The train didn't provide any food services but luckily we had loaded up on snacks and water before we left. In many ways, it turned into a guy's sleep-over as we chatted about women (don't worry Diane, Fernando thinks and speaks only of you), missions, jobs, etc. It was a fun trip and added the uniqueness of our trip and created some great memories.