Pre halloween
30 October 2016
Halloween and curry in Sapporo
Halloween is tomorrow, Monday, or was it Friday and Saturday? No its tomorrow, but theres about a million halloween people out posing for photos t....
Its a real city
24 October 2016
Exploring the mysterious alleyways of Kanazawa
As my unimaginative title suggest, Kanazawa is a real city, even on a Monday night. Its Monday isnt it? Yeah, Monday. My route first went to the o....
City in decline
21 October 2016
The Nagano branch of the Tokyu department store
I am convinced, Nagano is a city in serious decline. Perhaps this is the future for much of Japan, with a declining population, a reluctance to al....
Red lights dimmed
24 November 2015
The red light district of Nakasu in Fukuoka
Tonights walking course was to loop through what is apparently the biggest red light district in all of Japan according to a very enthusiastic tou....
I found them
16 November 2015
The old surviving trams of Hiroshima
Not a lot of photos tonight because I took enough earlier and got back late. Instead, a lot of text. I went downstairs this evening to go out, an....
Osaka castle - Nagoya branch
11 November 2015
Visiting Nagoya castle and the Chrysanthemum displays
Today I did the touristy thing and went to Nagoya Castle. It is newly constructed, and still under construction, I took great care to ensure I hid....
Need to step up my game
4 November 2015
Eating vegetarian curry in Ikebukuro
As the title says, I feel the quality of what you see here has slipped. Steps are being taken to improve this situation. Perhaps I need to hire an....
Quietly confident
3 November 2015
Exploring Ginza and eating curry
I think I am starting to feel better. This must be due to the amazing healing power of pineapple on a stick consumed out the front of a temple nex....
No more rain
13 March 2014
Various weather radars suggested it was going to stop raining. The quality of this data compared to bom.gov.au was really crappy though, so I came....