30 October 2024
Getting to 40
Jimbocho to Akihabara
I am well past 40 in age, and now past 40,000 in steps for the day. It does not happen that often and I do not have too much else to type here.
After uploading my long hike photos I was surprisingly still pretty energetic. Originally I just headed off in a random direction but then I saw a subway station for the Toei Mita line. I had never heard of the Mita line before so let's get on and see. Sure enough it is a subway like all the others. I did not know where it was going but after a few stops we were arriving at what I heard to be Jim Bozo, so obviously I had to get off. That turned out to be Jimbocho, which is quite near to the guitar street in Ochanomizu which was mostly shut at 8pm, which in turn is quite close to Akihabara, which also was quite shut at 8:30pm.
And so that was enough for the evening, more hiking tomorrow.
Jimbocho has a street full of lanterns and things covered in blue tarps. Whatever is under those tarps shall forever remain a mystery to me.
I stopped for curry pretty much straight away. I was not really that hungry, but decided I must be.
Guitar store street. Not that you can tell from this angle. About half the stores were closing at 8pm.
Now for some shots of Ochanomizu station, first the top down shot.
And now from the bridge of the exposed platform, complete with the red train on another line that belongs to a completely different company.
I arrived at Akihabara, without any intention of really looking around on this visit, in a few weeks time I will be staying one station away in Kanda.
And so for my last pic of the evening, a random shot of the main street that I have taken a few times before. OK bed time.