Halloween was Saturday
31 October 2017
The abandoned streets of Higashiyama
Apparently Halloween was Saturday, not yesterday, and not today as it should have been, but Saturday. Japan will move any event so it doesnt clash....
Thwarted
31 October 2017
The Kurama to Kibune hike was blocked by typhoon damage
Thwarted is one of my favourite words. Normally because I use it to describe how I prevented someone else from achieving their nefarious goals. To....
Its not Halloween
30 October 2017
Exploring Sanjo Dori in Kyoto
I thought it was Halloween, I saw no one at all in costume, turns out its tomorrow, thats how much I know about that holiday (is it a holiday in t....
Equal best ever scenery
30 October 2017
Hiking Mount Atago then continuing to Arashiyama via Toriimoto
I am going to cut to the chase. Today was probably the equal best scenery I have experienced in my life, a tie with Yamadera / Omoshiroyama which ....
Better than forecast
29 October 2017
The temples and shrines of Gion
The rain vanished at about 5:30pm, thats a full 2.5 hours ahead of the forecast. I was convinced I would be getting wet again when I looked out th....
Rain concentrator
29 October 2017
Fog covers Fushimi Inari shrine
My rain dodging days have come to an end, today I was the single focal point of all the rain in the world. I knew there would be a lot of rain, I ....
Artful rain dodger
28 October 2017
Exploring Gion in the rain in Kyoto
Now I am in Kyoto and its time for more weather talk dribble. It rained most of the day but somehow I never got wet. I got back to my Shizuoka ho....
Drowning in a sea of tissues
28 October 2017
Sunpu castle and the view from the hills over Shizuoka
Right now I am on the train to Kyoto, a roughly 2 hour trip from Shizuoka on the slow train, and I wished I was on the fast train or walking. You ....
Second opinion
27 October 2017
Good cheap ramen in Shizuoka
My first night in Shizuoka, I thought it was all a bit quiet and boring. Then last night I went to a new level of quiet and boring at the other en....