Riding the Trains in JapanArriving late in Kyoto, Patrick Holland cannot find a room for the night. Homeless and disorientated in a place where loitering is not encouraged, his only solution is to ride the trains. The train journey is the starting point for a book that also describes travels through Vietnam, mountains in the Chinese Himalaya, lost cities of the Silk Road, mist swathed cemeteries in Japan, and the flat plains of Australia. Riding the Trains in Japan weaves