Okonobukuro
18 November 2023
Okonomiyaki in Ikebukuro
I edited my reverse documentation of the day from earlier because I had confused Ochanomizu with Okachimachi, which must have thrown everyone for ....
Back to the start
18 November 2023
Kyoto to Tokyo by Shinkansen
Allow me to tell my day in reverse order with minimal supporting photos in a very succinct format. I have been typing too much. My hotel is the s....
Buddha loves Amex
17 November 2023
Sannenzaka and Kiyomizu-dera
Before I get to why Buddha loves Amex, which is amazing, let me go on for a bit of a rant about my laundry. I googled coin laundry, there were 3 ....
Not a failure
17 November 2023
Kurama to Kibune hike
2 days ago I tried to do a hike I have done before which turned into an epic failure. In 2017 I tried to do the Kurama to Kibune hike, which faile....
Night of the long corridors
16 November 2023
Kyoto covered shopping areas
Look closely at tonight's pics, none of them are outside. My hotel has a corridor that goes to a lift (elevator) that goes down to the subway. Thi....
Over castled
16 November 2023
Himeji castle and Engyoji shrine
That all took longer than I thought, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Today I did 2.5 activities in Himeji. First the castle which I somehow ....
Behind the station
15 November 2023
Kyoto station area
I forgot to go to the helicopter pad on the top. I like the Kyoto station, it is very modern and vertical, with a roof garden, which I forgot to g....
Castle of failure
15 November 2023
Hikone castle
Today was one of the biggest failures in all my travelling history. I got up at 5:45am to get the early train around lake Biwa, connecting to a lo....
Most of the main drag
14 November 2023
Kyoto shopping area
Everyone who has been to Japan has been to Kyoto and walked up and down the main shopping street to the shrine at the end, past the 2 x covered sh....