Noodles with no piss and neon
18 November 2025
Shinjuku at night
Tonight I did something I have threatened to do for a while, went to Shinjuku and walked around and through it. Normally I go there and immediatel....
Count Togo
18 November 2025
Yokosuka and battleship Mikasa
Today I took about a 90 minute train ride to the Navy bases, both US and Japanese at Yokosuka. It is roughly in the same direction as Kamakura, in....
Nearby wontons
17 November 2025
Ueno on Monday
Only 5 poor quality photos follow, the excitement is palpable. First there was wontons, I thought I had better eat first because many places stop ....
From the new to the old
17 November 2025
Mount Odake from Musahsi-Itsukaichi to Mitake station
More correctly, from the old to the new to the old. Today I went to a familiar station, Musashi-Itsukaichi, which is the terminal station for a br....
Not in Okayama anymore
16 November 2025
Ueno night
Cheesy title, obviously Tokyo is a much bigger city than Okayama, I need to work on my titles being in jokes that only I understand. Now that I a....
I made it back
16 November 2025
Okayama to Tokyo on the bullet train
Now I have returned to a hotel in Tokyo I have stayed at before. That means that after today there are no more bullet trains, no more hotel photos....
A lot of potato
15 November 2025
More Okayama Aeon mall
As threatened, I went back to the mall. While there I visited the public toilets, and for the second time on this trip, I was taken aback by a boy....
Bear mountain
15 November 2025
Kumayama from Imbe to Kumayama station
Another great hike today. More great weather. Today's mountain literally translates to bear mountain. I saw no bears. I also saw no other people o....
Dinner theatre
14 November 2025
Okayama on a Friday
I tried once again to find the illusive Okayama night life area. This being a Friday I thought that maybe entire dark streets might spring to life....