The far away food court
11 November 2025
YouMe town Takamatsu
Aeon is the main mall in town, but it is very very far away. YouMe town, which is the second mall brand in Japan after Aeon, looked close enough o....
Better than yesterday
11 November 2025
Mount Inazumi from Motoyama station
More accurately, Inazumiyama, Shihoyama, Mount Ueno and various others from Motoyama station including Takaya Shrine "gate in the sky", there was ....
A train runs through it
10 November 2025
Takamatsu shotengai roof
Tonight you will once again, see a lot of covered shopping streets, but possibly, you will see them in a different light. You see, here in Takamat....
Shrines then surprise danger
10 November 2025
Osayama from Kotohira station
Today was a bit of a surprise. First of all, I took a different train line in each direction, and both the JR line and the private Kotoden line to....
Damp reflections
9 November 2025
Takamatsu station area
More damp roads, time for more damp reflections. Tonight I headed back to the station area, primarily to do reconnaissance for how to get to where....
Touristing in the rain
9 November 2025
Takamatsu castle and Ritsurin garden
Do you like photos of gardens? Do you like photos of castles? Do you like photos of castle gardens? If yes, then today is the day for you. There a....
False advertising
8 November 2025
Takamatsu Shotengai
Takamatsu makes spurious claims about having the longest Shotengai (covered shopping street) in Japan, which therefore means longest anywhere sinc....
Short expensive journey
8 November 2025
Limited express from Tokushima to Takamatsu
$32 for a one hour train journey of 50km that although advertised as a limited express still stopped at nearly every station and 3/4 of the 2 carr....
Another lap ends in curry
7 November 2025
Tokushima on a Friday night
Last night in Tokushima, probably ever, so I better go do another lap. I have enjoyed my time here, but it seems unlikely I would ever visit again....