A lot of potato
15 November 2025
More Okayama Aeon mall
As threatened, I went back to the mall. While there I visited the public toilets, and for the second time on this trip, I was taken aback by a boy....
Bear mountain
15 November 2025
Kumayama from Imbe to Kumayama station
Another great hike today. More great weather. Today's mountain literally translates to bear mountain. I saw no bears. I also saw no other people o....
Dinner theatre
14 November 2025
Okayama on a Friday
I tried once again to find the illusive Okayama night life area. This being a Friday I thought that maybe entire dark streets might spring to life....
All in a single day
14 November 2025
Okayama Castle Korakuen and Kurashiki
I knocked off all 3 of the tourist attractions in Okayama before 2pm. Notes here will be brief as there are a lot of photos (again). First up was ....
Longer than an epoch
13 November 2025
Okayama Aeon mall
Geology lesson time. Eon > Era > Period > Epoch. Generally an eon is billions of years. Now for a language lesson. In UK English it is aeon, in US....
The hunt for the castle cat
13 November 2025
Bicchu Matsuyama Castle from Bitchu-Takahashi station
There are at least 3 ways to spell Bicchu (Bitchu, Bitcchu). Today I did a not very strenuous hike that features a castle. It is 'one of the twelv....
Station takeover
12 November 2025
Omotecho shopping street
I have already done a full comparison of the station area and the covered shopping streets on both sides of the station area. The winner by a land....
Back to the mainland
12 November 2025
Takamatsu to Okayama on the slow train
Other than changing to the Shinkansen at the station on a previous trip to Shikoku, now I am in Okayama for the first time. It seems large and fan....
The far away food court
11 November 2025
YouMe town Takamatsu
Aeon is the main mall in town, but it is very very far away. YouMe town, which is the second mall brand in Japan after Aeon, looked close enough o....