From the new to the old
17 November 2025
Mount Odake from Musahsi-Itsukaichi to Mitake station
More correctly, from the old to the new to the old. Today I went to a familiar station, Musashi-Itsukaichi, which is the terminal station for a br....
Not in Okayama anymore
16 November 2025
Ueno night
Cheesy title, obviously Tokyo is a much bigger city than Okayama, I need to work on my titles being in jokes that only I understand. Now that I a....
I made it back
16 November 2025
Okayama to Tokyo on the bullet train
Now I have returned to a hotel in Tokyo I have stayed at before. That means that after today there are no more bullet trains, no more hotel photos....
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....