My mother had visited and walked on the Aputo walk – dismantled railway route, and sent me articles. I translated the articles into English, and Mark and I found were interested in the Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park. As we had planned coming back to Tokyo on 15 October, we decided to go there on 16 October. My mother also decided to go there with us. As with 7th Ocotber when we went to Tohoku, we got up early and headed for the No.4 platform at Shinjuku station. Mark agreed that Shinjuku station is one of the busiest stations in Tokyo. The No.4 platform seemed to be one of the worst: several other lines – Saikyo, Rinkai, and Shonan-Shinjuku lines’ rapid, express and local services use the No.4 platform. We agreed to meet up at the
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