Spoilt for choice
15 November 2024
Asakusabashi to Asakusa
Tonight I am back in Tokyo, so I had about 500,000 choices for where to eat. Almost none of them had dinosaurs. Also, I discovered by accident tha....
Altered Hokuriku lap completed
15 November 2024
Fukui to Tokyo on the shinkansen
Long train ride day, bare minimum photo effort day. I started my day in Fukui, at the dinosaur themed station, where I wrote a personal goodbye n....
Last lap of a small town
14 November 2024
Fukui station area again
Tomorrow I go back to Tokyo, there will be more food options there. Tonight I did a lap of concentric circles around the Fukui station area, befor....
The main show out of town
14 November 2024
Fukui prefectural dinosaur museum
First of all, prefectural is not actually a real word, dictionaries list it as a bastardisation of English commonly used in Japan. Secondly, today....
No cream this time
13 November 2024
Fukui east of the station
Tonight I walked some distance on the side of town with nothing on it. I found a supermarket and some overpasses for some long exposures. The supe....
Slippery and ropey
13 November 2024
Hinoyama from Gotanjoji temple to Oshio station
A rare second day of hiking in a row due to the dinosaur museum being closed on every second Wednesday. I woke up to unexpectedly wet streets and ....
Blue wall
12 November 2024
Fukui Katamachi area
Tonight I went to the other busy area of Fukui, I think. I could not really find anything there, so I had to retreat back to the comforts of the s....
Short steep and slow
12 November 2024
Washigatake from Echizen-Takehara station
The farmers have started burning crops and plastic. My train ride today was up a very picturesque smoke filled valley to Echizen-Takehara station.....
Trouser presses and dinosaurs
11 November 2024
Fukui station area
There are actually a lot of choices for eating places in Fukui, even on a Monday. I was surprised. The local covered shopping street (yes I know i....