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....
Hiking with others
17 November 2018
Hiking Mount Kawanori from Okutama station
Today was a long day, a long day hiking near Tokyo on a Saturday, which meant there were other people. At times lots of other people, but at other....
From Kanda to Harajuku
16 November 2018
Walking across the city taking in views of the Tokyo tower
Days where I spend all day with my bum on a plane, bus, train, monorail etc means that by the time I get to my hotel I have a lot of walking to do....
Deja Vu
16 November 2018
Flying from Nagasaki to Tokyo on a JAL Boeing 737
I have returned back to Tokyo, land of things open at night, land of many trains that go to mountains, land of actual mountains rather than hills,....