Kagawa prefecture in the southern Japanese island of Shikoku is not the first place that comes to mind when thinking of a wholesale transformation of the transportation landscape. But as accelerated aging takes its toll, especially in rural regions with the younger population inexorably migrating into the bigger cities, the viability of the current transportation […]
Whenever visitors come to visit us in Japan, we find they are inevitably travelling to Kyoto for a few days as part of the trip. But beyond its myriad temples, illustrious history and tourist hordes, in recent years Kyoto has been quietly accelerating the number of automated driving tests across the prefecture. Already back in […]
My first trip to the Hiroshima area was with my mother back in 2001 and memorable for three things: the Torii gate at Miyajima, the massive okonomiyaki omelette dinner we had in the evening and the long trek up the hill to the Hiroshima City youth hostel with a heavy backpack. It was a whirlwind […]
