Unbelievably smoky
12 April 2025
Eboshidake from Hirakawa station
It is not raining yet, but it is ridiculously smoky. I want to shoot every Japanese farmer (and I do not mean with my camera). On the way to my hi....
I thought this was a small town?
11 April 2025
Tenmonkan Shotengai area
There seems to be a lot more retail in Kagoshima than I was expecting. I would say it falls somewhere ahead of Kanazawa and just behind Hiroshima.....
Trading bears for a volcano
11 April 2025
Osaka to Kagoshima on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Kagoshima, I have not been here before. It is right next to an active Volcano. It is on the Southwestern tip of Kyushu, the Southweste....
You made it rain in Umeda
10 April 2025
Umeda and Yodobashi
It did not rain on my hike earlier but it is certainly raining now, and that is fine with me. To celebrate the rain I went to Umeda, which is the ....
Far beyond Minoh
10 April 2025
Minoh falls looping course via Katsuoji
Today it was supposed to rain, so I picked a hike that would have multiple opportunities to pull the pin if the rain became too heavy. It did not ....
Is it really the longest?
9 April 2025
Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street
Word has gotten around about my ability to collect statistics with my running watch. The Japanese Covered Shopping Street Distance Measuring and A....
Kyoto with less tourists
9 April 2025
A quick day trip to Uji
I am now fully laundered. Earlier on this trip I could have laundered a heap of money in Macau, but I forgot to steal from the prefectural governm....
Too many tourists taking photos
8 April 2025
Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi
There are more tourists in the Dotonbori area of Osaka than the rest of Japan combined. It has been like this for quite some time. Even on a Tuesd....
Autumn is better than spring
8 April 2025
Mount Iwawaki from Takihata dam to Kimitoge station
First hike on the Japan leg of this trip, and I was tired, fatigued, sleep deprived, sore, swollen etc. I pre-selected a shorter, easier hike know....