Being dry is overrated
2 November 2024
SCMaglev and railway park
Peak amount of rain. So much rain that the main bullet train line was briefly suspended. It is also a long weekend, so a lot of people that live i....
Too much underground
1 November 2024
Nagoya Sakae and Mirai Tower
Too much of Nagoya is underground. I remember reading that the 2 largest underground shopping areas in Japan are both in Nagoya. They are about 2k....
Welcome to the boring city
1 November 2024
Tokyo to Nagoya by Shinkansen
Allegedly, Nagoya is the most boring city in Japan. I have been here a couple of times before, once for a week and once for a day trip from Gifu w....
A shadow of it's former self
31 October 2024
Halloween in Shibuya
I have been to Halloween in Shibuya a number of times. It is now basically dead. Sure there are a lot of people, mostly tourists like me, going th....
The double
31 October 2024
Mitake and Otsuka from Hinatawada to Kori stations
2 hikes in 2 days, and I am not even tired. It is also Halloween, so I better go over to Shibuya where Halloween is again banned due to the Korean....
Getting to 40
30 October 2024
Jimbocho to Akihabara
I am well past 40 in age, and now past 40,000 in steps for the day. It does not happen that often and I do not have too much else to type here. A....
Waiting out the rain to play in mud
30 October 2024
Takao from Aihara station
I finally waited long enough for the rain to go. And to celebrate, a 23km hike. I actually had to wait a bit longer for the rain to go as when I ....
Umbrella terror
29 October 2024
Tokyo station and Ginza
Torrential rain. Now the problem is going to be that if there is too much rain the hiking trails will turn to mud. I will probably put up with tha....
Lack of rain emergency stop
29 October 2024
Tokorozawa Aviation Museum
Good news, as I type this it is finally raining. Bad news, it did not rain all day until now. In between news, since the rain was coming from the ....