Declan Murphy wrote:
>>Prophet of the Way wrote:

>>>Hokutosei (Tokyo Ueno-Sapporo) and Nihonkai (Osaka-Aomori) runs will be
>>>reduced.

> I haven't been on the Hokutosei yet - time to get my arse into gear
> before its gone.

My first trip to Hokkaidou (1989) was on the Hokutosei. At that stage there
were three each night. We used our JR passes and paid the bed fees. Still
cheaper than hotel rooms, and it meant we didn't waste daylight time
travelling.

How much is the reduction? The only 時刻表 I have (from 2000)  indicates
there were still 3/night at that time.

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Jim Breen        http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
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