Suprise thunder and hail
14 April 2025
Kaimondake from Kaimon station
That was a long day. Today I went and climbed the southern most of the famous 100 mountains of Japan, that list is a big deal, trust me. Getting t....
To the observatory
13 April 2025
Shiroyama park observation deck
42k step day. After a brief sit down from the earlier double activity, where I never sat down even once, including standing up on the train, I hea....
Both of the things to do
13 April 2025
Sakurajima and Sengan-en
Today I did both of the main tourist things to do in Kagoshima in a single day. I took too many photos, mainly of a mountain from afar but the lig....
Take cover
12 April 2025
Kagoshima station area in the rain
Well it is certainly raining now. In fact when I looked up the weather there was a flood warning. Luckily the extensive station area, which houses....
Unbelievably smoky
12 April 2025
Eboshidake from Hirakawa station
It is not raining yet, but it is ridiculously smoky. I want to shoot every Japanese farmer (and I do not mean with my camera). On the way to my hi....
I thought this was a small town?
11 April 2025
Tenmonkan Shotengai area
There seems to be a lot more retail in Kagoshima than I was expecting. I would say it falls somewhere ahead of Kanazawa and just behind Hiroshima.....
Trading bears for a volcano
11 April 2025
Osaka to Kagoshima on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Kagoshima, I have not been here before. It is right next to an active Volcano. It is on the Southwestern tip of Kyushu, the Southweste....
You made it rain in Umeda
10 April 2025
Umeda and Yodobashi
It did not rain on my hike earlier but it is certainly raining now, and that is fine with me. To celebrate the rain I went to Umeda, which is the ....
Far beyond Minoh
10 April 2025
Minoh falls looping course via Katsuoji
Today it was supposed to rain, so I picked a hike that would have multiple opportunities to pull the pin if the rain became too heavy. It did not ....