13 November 2026
Between two repeats
Tokugawaen garden
Yesterday I did a repeat hike from a previous trip, tomorrow I will do the same, so today being the rest day and laundry day, I am between two repeats.
My whole day revolved around timing my visit to the coin laundry, a lot of my clothes were once again starting to grow mould with white rings of salt where sweat had dried, and an overall crunchiness to them. I don't hold back from the detail.
So I decided to go to a cafe and scroll the map to find somewhere to walk to that would kill time before I would go to the laundry at about 2pm, then be back here to type this, before going out to dinner. Yes, this is my life now.
So I walked about 5km across town to Tokugawaen garden, a garden I had not been to before, and so it was not a repeat between two repeats.
My journey took me past Nagoya castle, refer to previous trips if you want to see it in more detail, today I will appreciate it's water free moat.
The road around the castle is touristified suitably.
There is still some moat. Here you can see the castle in the distance, let's see if we can get closer without paying.
This is as close as I can get while still spending $0 to afford the coin laundry.
My walk was east of the station, these sort of overpasses reminded me that there was a rather large earthquake here about a week ago.
I am somewhat surprised this is the first time I am seeing a crane truck like this has been painted as a giraffe. It makes perfect sense.
This looks very safe. Not just the collapsed Suzuki building but the emergency staircase on the building behind it.
Now for the garden, I will re-check spelling, Tokugawaen.
It is $3 to get in, CASH ONLY, and was hot today. There is also a museum but that costs too much for me.
These 2 are having wedding photos, a pro photographer with an arm band warning people he was going to be annoying, was being annoying.
It is not a particularly large garden, but manages to cram in a lot of bridges.
There is also an island, guarded by koi.
Rocks are often a feature, as they are here.
Over the back of a small hill there is a stream and fake waterfall / drain.
OK that is enough garden pics.
And then I had my choice of 5 coin laundries within a 1km radius of my hotel. Nagoya never fails to deliver. This one had my favourite dryer setting of low heat, the giant drums and air still dry clothes in 20 minutes with low heat.
Now I have clean clothes.