Castle delays
18 November 2024
Odawara castle
Japan is famous for its punctual trains. On this trip this has not been my experience. I have frequently been on delayed trains, delayed local tra....
Hot under the covers
17 November 2024
Musashi-Koyama Palm Shotengei
Tonight I went to a busy under cover shopping street that is a bit out of the way but thriving, the "Palm" at Musashi-Koyama. It is possibly Itali....
The new stuff
17 November 2024
Shinjuku and Shibuya
It is 25 degrees (celsius) today, that is far too hot. The world is coming to an end for the 7th time (check your history). What all this means is....
Smoking OK
16 November 2024
Quick dinner in Kanda
This is a very small update because I was only out for an hour. Ordinarily when I get back from hiking very late I go in the shower then straight ....
There will be fog
16 November 2024
Mount Tanzawa Okura ridge route
I have done this hike before, and I declared it to be the best hike in all of Japan with the best views. Today there was no view, it was all fog. ....
Spoilt for choice
15 November 2024
Asakusabashi to Asakusa
Tonight I am back in Tokyo, so I had about 500,000 choices for where to eat. Almost none of them had dinosaurs. Also, I discovered by accident tha....
Altered Hokuriku lap completed
15 November 2024
Fukui to Tokyo on the shinkansen
Long train ride day, bare minimum photo effort day. I started my day in Fukui, at the dinosaur themed station, where I wrote a personal goodbye n....
Last lap of a small town
14 November 2024
Fukui station area again
Tomorrow I go back to Tokyo, there will be more food options there. Tonight I did a lap of concentric circles around the Fukui station area, befor....
The main show out of town
14 November 2024
Fukui prefectural dinosaur museum
First of all, prefectural is not actually a real word, dictionaries list it as a bastardisation of English commonly used in Japan. Secondly, today....