First half
20 November 2025
Walking the Yamanote line Part 1
Today I walked a full anti clockwise loop of the Yamanote line. This is a popular activity many people do. During my journey I took a photo of eac....
Portrait orientation required
19 November 2025
Ueno to Tokyo Skytree
My hike was not long enough so this evening I set off for a stroll from Ueno to the Skytree. I have done this a couple of times before. My route w....
The bears did not get me
19 November 2025
Mount Takamizu from Ikusabata to Sawai 2
The final hike is completed. It was very easy. I did a very similar hike in 2023 (refer to Japan10). I started and ended at the same stations toda....
Noodles with no piss and neon
18 November 2025
Shinjuku at night
Tonight I did something I have threatened to do for a while, went to Shinjuku and walked around and through it. Normally I go there and immediatel....
Count Togo
18 November 2025
Yokosuka and battleship Mikasa
Today I took about a 90 minute train ride to the Navy bases, both US and Japanese at Yokosuka. It is roughly in the same direction as Kamakura, in....
Nearby wontons
17 November 2025
Ueno on Monday
Only 5 poor quality photos follow, the excitement is palpable. First there was wontons, I thought I had better eat first because many places stop ....
From the new to the old
17 November 2025
Mount Odake from Musahsi-Itsukaichi to Mitake station
More correctly, from the old to the new to the old. Today I went to a familiar station, Musashi-Itsukaichi, which is the terminal station for a br....
Not in Okayama anymore
16 November 2025
Ueno night
Cheesy title, obviously Tokyo is a much bigger city than Okayama, I need to work on my titles being in jokes that only I understand. Now that I a....
I made it back
16 November 2025
Okayama to Tokyo on the bullet train
Now I have returned to a hotel in Tokyo I have stayed at before. That means that after today there are no more bullet trains, no more hotel photos....