成田から実家に来る時に乗って以来「アラタ しんかんせん のる～」と言い続けているアラタは、その時おばあちゃんが買ってくれた黄色い新幹線のチョロQを握ったまま毎晩眠っていた。
その悲願の新幹線に今週は何度も乗っている。日曜日にはふみえさんとの約束に、今日はワピングで仲のよかったかおりさん＆響くんとの再会に、東京駅まで新幹線往復。大宮・東京間は在来線で1時間しない距離なのでちょっと贅沢なんだけど、アラタカラを連れて各駅停車に乗るなんて想像しただけでも頭痛になる。新幹線特急料金の（片道）1050円を払えば30分足らずの快適な旅が手に入るし、アラタも大喜び。
Since we traveled on Shinkansen on our way from Narita airport, Arata kept saying, "Arata Shinkansen Noru!. (I want to have a Shinkansen ride! )" He even goes to bed holding the miniature Shinkansen my mum bought for him.
Arata has been on Shinkansen for a couple of times this week. On Sunday, we used Shinkansen to go to see Fumie and Mana. Today, we went to see Kaori and Hibki on Shinkansen as well. It's between Omiya and Tokyo stations and we don't usually use Shinkansen for such a short distance. It's only 50 minutes on local trains and we need to pay for extra Shinkansen charge of 1050 yen (5 pounds) each way.
But I can't imagine myself traveling on slow and crowded local trains for nearly one hour with Aratakara. It takes only 30 minutes from Omiya to Tokyo on Shinkansen with more peace and comfort. And more importantly, Arata loves it!
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