Slow motion bear shield
8 November 2024
Hodatsusan from Menden station
As I mentioned above the main hike in this area had a confirmed bear and cub sighting recently. So today I decided to go somewhere else and leave ....
In their darkened shrines
7 November 2024
Kanazawa Katamachi district
Kanazawa is a city of 3 halves. The station, the market area where I am staying, and Katamachi by the old bridge. There is no train or tram betwee....
Low effort photo day
7 November 2024
Nagoya to Kanazawa on 2 different trains
Now I am in Kanazawa, where I have been once before. My hotel will take a bit of explaining but we will get to that. Getting here was 2 different....
Salaryman glowstick idol adoration
6 November 2024
Ramen in Sakae
Tonight I went outside and nearly got blown over. Sudden gale force wind and also coldness. I had to go underground. Plenty of options. So I went ....
An amusement park for the elderly
6 November 2024
Museum Meiji-Mura in Inuyama
Today was a rest day so I went to a museum. The museum was enormous. It is an outdoor architectural museum in Inuyama which is a castle town north....
First real mall of the trip
5 November 2024
Aeon style Nagoya Noritake
After a very long day I intended to cross the road and go underground for coco curry for dinner. But then I could not find it in the labyrinth of ....
I got lost and became an expert
5 November 2024
Kamagadake and Gozaisho from Yunoyamaonsen
Very long hike today. Huge number of photos. I got lost early on and ended up on the expert course, which was really quite difficult. I only made ....
Now that the tower is dry
4 November 2024
Sakae area and department stores
The other night I wandered around the main bit of Nagoya in the pouring rain. I threatened to go on the roof of something and go to where the depa....
Time to get cultural
4 November 2024
Shirotori garden
Actually yesterday was officially culture day, but the shrine district was still going off on the holiday Monday with small children forced into c....