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,....
Lard night
15 November 2018
Eating ramen with added lard and a donut
Despite having walked forever already today, I left the hotel a bit early to run up a hill and take a night view shot of the city. That ended in f....
All about the bridge
15 November 2018
Hiking a lap of Nagasaki over the amazing Megami bridge
As you shall see, today is all about the bridge, but also a tunnel, and also Mitsubishi, and also a more than 30km great loop around the Nagasaki ....
Crappy photos in Urakami
14 November 2018
The rather dull suburb of Urakami is a place to eat pasta
How did it get so late? This probably wont make any sense because I am even sleepier than I normally am but anyway....dot dot dot Tonight I went t....