Bus confusion
25 October 2017
Understanding the bus routes of Shizuoka
I would like to offer my sincere apologies for the lack of interesting photos today and also this evening. I offer no excuses and promise to do be....
Snot pump
25 October 2017
Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shizuoka
Now I am in Shizuoka, and today we have reached peak mucus. The day started off normally enough, although there are persistent light showers, and....
The new shiny Tokyo
24 October 2017
The streets abd fiid if Kichioji
Tonight I went to Kichijoji, which is quite west but not nearly at the western edge of the Tokyo Megalopolis. I liked it a lot, I had never been t....
Lost on twin peaks
24 October 2017
Hiking Mount Ougiyama and Momokurayama near Torisawa station
First proper hike and I already managed to get lost, lost enough to require a 1 hour back track after following the wrong path to an abandoned gra....
Wasted ramen opportunity
23 October 2017
The great guitar stores near the Shibuya crossing
I like ramen a lot. But its bad for you, many calories, great amounts of salt, very few vegetables. So when I choose to have ramen, I should proba....
Fortunate train cancellation
23 October 2017
Hiking in the plum tree gardens near Ome station
Finally, some photos of something mildly interesting! I awoke to grey and rain, the typhoon raged on, despite this I slept solidly on a rock soli....
Saturation point
22 October 2017
Sunshine city in Ikebukuro
The rare 3rd update in a single day eventuated, silly because I have had very little to photograph or talk about. I am however starting to believ....
Typhoon Lan
22 October 2017
Escaping a typhoon at Tokyo soup stock
More weather talk time, and hotel photos, brace yourself, but thats what happens on a 3 update day which is mainly travel. It is raining, a lot, t....
The journey is still not quite over
22 October 2017
From Narita to Ikebukuro on the NEX
This is a kind of a micro update. Might even turn out to be one of the rare 3 update days. The reason for this is I am now on the NEX train to Ike....