OK, so this is huge. Three days ago we left Osaka to make some short trips by train where bringing all our luggage was going to be a real pain. Just think a few overnights where the things you needed to bring were minimal. But no choice, right? Wrong. Because train travel is so popular and easy in Japan they have created a miracle - Takuhaibin!! When we left our hotel in Osaka three days ago we just took our bags to our hotel bellman, gave him the name of our next hotel where we wanted the luggage and the day we would be checking in, and just walked away. Three days later we arrived at our hotel in Kyoto and there were our bags waiting for us!!! The big tags are the shipment identifiers. You can do this all over the country. You usually have the bags the next morning, or amazingly, your new hotel will just hold them till you get there - for us that was three days later. Now I realize you can do anything for a price but let me tell you the entire cost - $12.50 US per bag shipping, including three days storage! Longer trip maybe max out $20 per bag. Yes, for the traveler this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. No lugging the bags on the train is sooooo nice.
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