Den Den Town
11 March 2012
The Osaka version of Tokyos Akihabara is called Den Den Town. As well as the shops selling new electronics, they have the usual porn stores, maid ....
Kobe
11 March 2012
I awoke to bright sunshine, despite the forecast of rain. I thought I had better make the most of it and head to the other nearby city of Kobe. Li....
Umeda
10 March 2012
This evening I went for...wait for it, a really long walk. I set off looking for America town, but I must have missed it. After more than an hour ....
Kyoto
10 March 2012
As the title says, today I went to Kyoto. When I woke up the sun was actually shining so I thought I better make the most of it. Kyoto is a 20 min....
Shinsaibashi
9 March 2012
It almost stopped raining, almost. Not enough to warrant venturing away from covered pedestrian mall area. The Shinsaibashi thing is very long wit....
Bullet train to Osaka
9 March 2012
First of all, it rained all day, across all of Japan, with the cloud never really lifting above the tops of tall buildings. This made my bullet tr....
Indian curry in Japan
8 March 2012
Eating in Japan can be cheap. The cheap places dont trust their staff to handle money, instead they have a vending machine you stick money in and ....
Ginza and a garden
8 March 2012
Its grey, cold and threatening to rain. This has a strange effect on the throngs of people. Rather than standing and waiting politely at pedestria....
Around Shinjuku
7 March 2012
I must have got less sleep than I thought because by around 5pm local time I felt exhausted. However that shouldnt prevent a good 3 hour walk in t....