More than Shinjuku
22 November 2015
The very colorful shopping area of Tenjin in Fukuoka
I think Fukuoka has a larger commercial district than even Shinjuku. Theres 10 big department stores. I dont know how the population can support t....
Final destination
22 November 2015
The short train ride from Shimonoseki to Fukuoka
Now I am in Fukuoka, it will be my last stop on this holiday. Getting here took about, 18 minutes, on the bullet train in a tunnel for probably 17....
The busy side
21 November 2015
Travelling from Shimonoseki to Kokura for dinner
This evening I went to Kitakyushu, where I walked to earlier, only this time I went via train. The train still goes under the ocean, but its a dif....
Under the sea
21 November 2015
Walking from Honshu to Kyushu under the sea and then to the nearby Samurai town
Today I went under the sea to Kyushu. This is the first time I have ever been to one of the main Japanese islands other than Honshu. I then wander....
Closed at seven
20 November 2015
The shops in Shimonoseki close early
Everything in Shimonoseki closed at 7pm, on a Friday. I was shocked. Maybe not everything, Sake bars, Hostess bars and a cool supermarket were ope....
Giant phallus
20 November 2015
From Hiroshima to Shimonoseki on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Shimonoseki, home of banished samurai and the deadly puffer fish fugu. The local spelling of fugu is of course, fuku, so you can laugh....
I got to wander
19 November 2015
Viewing the Christmas illuminations of Hiroshima
Tonight was actually the first night I got to go for a proper wander around Hiroshima without getting wet. Its also my last night here. Tomorrow I....
Raining tourists
19 November 2015
A day trip to Miyajima to hike Mount Misen
It has stopped raining from the sky! Instead I went to Miyajima where it was raining tourists by the boat load. I took a lot of photos whilst ther....
Mystery fair and bad pho
18 November 2015
A local festival in Hiroshima in the rain
It might sound like the record is broken, but its still raining. Because of ongoing rain, I had to go back to the local covered shopping area. Fir....