The bus debacle illegal taxi comedy show
19 April 2018
Getting to Mangshan on public transport
Three funny things happened today so strap in, wall of text to follow. First of all, there were a lot transport debacles. I had selected a spot t....
The bee filled mountain of many amenities
18 April 2018
Exploring the fragrant hills by public transport
Another day, another opportunity to spend many hours walking around in the glorious pollution haze. Despite the air quality index suggesting the p....
Between the tracks
15 November 2017
Hiking from Musashi-Itsukaichi to Mitake over multiple peaks
Its my last full day in Japan, so I decided to hike from one train line to another. My journey went west, with the hiking starting at Musashi-Itsu....
Value extraction
14 November 2017
Hiking Mount Toyama in Nikko
I paid for my train pass, so I am going to extract as much value as possible from my train pass. It costs $100 for 3 days, yesterday I extracted $....
Central mountain route
13 November 2017
Hiking the Nakasendo from Yokokawa to Karuizawa
Today I hiked over the most difficult section of the Nakesendo trail, one of the original routes between Tokyo and Kyoto. It really wasnt that dif....
All the views
11 November 2017
Hiking Mount Tanzawa from Shibusawa station and the amazing views of Mount Fuji
OK, I took 43 pictures today, so this description will be brief, and lacking any kind of tangents or bonus observations not related to the day. I ....
Exposed
7 November 2017
Hiking Mount Ibuki as a day trip from Gifu
Today I went to Mount Ibuki, one of Japans 100 sacred mountains, whatever that means. First of all, health report, I fear I am succumbing to the m....
First everybody then nobody
5 November 2017
Hiking up and over Mount Rokko in Kobe via the rock garden path
Its Sunday, men are allowed out hiking, theres only one popular hiking spot near Kobe and its awesome, so it was packed. And then it wasnt. Allow ....
Primordial typhoon deer attack
3 November 2017
Hiking all the way to the top of Nara
Today I went to Nara, fought off a lot of deer, walked 35km including through a primordial forest, and was again thwarted by the typhoon from goin....