I warned you all
21 November 2018
Exploring the department stores near Tokyo station
Do not say I didnt warn you because I did. I warned that this update and tomorrow mornings should I choose to post it would be boring and there wo....
Long train to large Buddha at Nokogiri
21 November 2018
Hiking up and around Nokogiri from Hama-Kanaya station
My titles are getting a lot less creative. For my last journey on this trip I took a 2 hour (each way) train ride down past Chiba, east of Tokyo t....
The long way back
20 November 2018
Train delays cause dinner to be found in Hachioji
Now for the trials and tribulations of getting from Lake Okutama back to Kanda (Tokyo). This update will pleaes train nerds and test the geography....
Magnificent Lake Okutama
20 November 2018
Hiking from Okutama station to Lake Okutama and hiking a lap of the lake
Well that all took longer than expected. So long that I didnt even come back to the hotel between todays activity and dinner, more on that later, ....
Roller coasters in the rain
19 November 2018
Tokyo dome and a theme park at Suidobashi
Rain is an overstatement. Light drizzle. Not enough to get wet. Enough to cause people to have their annoying eye piercing height umbrellas up, bu....
Kawagoe by train to see trains
19 November 2018
A daytrip to Kawagoe and the Omiya railway museum
Do you like trains? Do you like ancient Starbucks? Then todays update is right up your alley. Apparently I also went to the ancient sweets (candy)....
Quiet night in Shimbashi
18 November 2018
The area of Shimbashi is colorful but largely closed on Sunday night
On my walk past the Tokyo tower the other night, I went past a bright area I could see in the distance which my map informed me was Shimbashi. I g....
Greasers
18 November 2018
Yoyogi park on a Sunday
I keep hearing about how on a Sunday afternoon, Yoyogi park is the place to go to see every kind of weird freak in the world trying to start a new....
Brief trip to Ginza for curry
17 November 2018
The bright lights and Tokyo forum
I am a bit broken. Or more accurately, fatigued. No strength in legs. Not much mental capacity for make good sentences. Conveniently then, my hote....