Quickly checking in as I head on over to my uncle's house for the New Year! I am getting to Yaita, where my uncle lives, from Sendai by the Yamabiko Shinkansen, which operates at a brilliant 150 miles per hour! All of this while being smooth enough to let me enjoy a bento!!! Traveling is quite easy in Japan! (once you know how to utilize the Shinkansen and Japanese travel agencies!)