Everywhere has a castle and a garden
17 April 2025
Suizenji garden and Kumamoto castle
Today I went to the things most people go to see in Kumamoto, Suizenji Koen and the local partially destroyed by recent earthquake but largely re-....
White light district
16 April 2025
Kumamoto bar and entertainment areas
Just a short outing tonight due to a lot of km earlier. First I saw a bunch of white lights and assumed there was a street full of dentists, but n....
A lengthy minor traverse
16 April 2025
Uto Peninsula from Ishiuchi-Dam to Uto Station
Today I walked the length of the Uto peninsula. There are a couple of noted very small mountains along the way, Odake and Yudake, but there is alm....
Tomato sunset shrine
15 April 2025
Kumamoto Shotengai walk
Tonight I walked around most of the central area of Kumamoto being blinded by the sun, before eventually eating a bowl of tomato soup. The Shoten....
Gale forced escape
15 April 2025
Kagoshima to Kumamoto on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Kumamoto. I have not been here before. It is about an hour away from Kagoshima on the bullet train. Before I left Kagoshima this morn....
Eat early or go hungry
14 April 2025
Kagoshima Nishiginza
Just North of the main station there are a few streets labelled Nishiginza, I decided to go and take a few photos of interesting lit up store fron....
Suprise thunder and hail
14 April 2025
Kaimondake from Kaimon station
That was a long day. Today I went and climbed the southern most of the famous 100 mountains of Japan, that list is a big deal, trust me. Getting t....
To the observatory
13 April 2025
Shiroyama park observation deck
42k step day. After a brief sit down from the earlier double activity, where I never sat down even once, including standing up on the train, I hea....
Both of the things to do
13 April 2025
Sakurajima and Sengan-en
Today I did both of the main tourist things to do in Kagoshima in a single day. I took too many photos, mainly of a mountain from afar but the lig....