Day 5 Getting away from Osaka. Hello Kintetsu

A simple plan this morning of leaving my bags at the hotel and travelling a couple of subway stops to purchase my 5-day Kintetsu Pass got way too complicated. This simple act of locating the place to buy the pass soaked up about 4 hours. What a nightmare.

A selection of Kintetsu units while waiting for the Matsusaka service

I think this is a new Hanshin set on a through service on the Kintetsu network

A Kintetsu rural set with a double deck car

 I eventually board a Kintetsu service for the trip to Matsusaka. A nice trip through some hills and autumn colored forests. After checking into the hotel for one night I realise its too late to follow my original plans so I catch a local train southbound to the end of the line. This is about 1530 so its the local school run and even includes the papers for all the newsagents along the line. A bit like a roadside goods. I get back to the hotel and mellow out with some local beers. A somewhat frustrating day but some more photos as shown below.

My local service from Matsusaka south

A Kintetsu "Kaze"? set that we crossed near Toba

Our local service full of school kids and delivering newspapers

Kashikojima. The end of the line and a pearl centre.

Kashikojima pearl display

Kashikojima and Kintetsu set

Beer at the end of a long day