Grey day on a bald mountain
13 November 2015
Hiking Fujiwaragatake in the Suzuka range near Nagoya
Its Friday the 13th. I cant quite provide a night on a bald mountain to celebrate, but I can instead go up a bald mountain on a very grey day. I s....
For one no sorry
12 November 2015
Food and shopping at Nagoya station
Twice in a row tonight, I walked into a restaurant, not a fancy restaurant, a place in a station with bar seating for travellers, held up a finger....
Monkeys castles and fighter jets
12 November 2015
Day trip to Inuyama to the monkey park and castle
Today I went to Inuyama, which is near Gifu, north of Nagoya. Inuyama is a town famous for its castle, which is a real castle, built around 1500, ....
Also theres Oso
11 November 2015
The covered shopping streets of Oso in Nagoya
I found the covered pedestrian area of Nagoya, so it does exist. It is further South of the big department stores and is called Oso. It is largely....
Osaka castle - Nagoya branch
11 November 2015
Visiting Nagoya castle and the Chrysanthemum displays
Today I did the touristy thing and went to Nagoya Castle. It is newly constructed, and still under construction, I took great care to ensure I hid....
Bare minimum
10 November 2015
Eating a vegetarian dinner in Nagoya
Due to getting back so late, this is a bare minimum update, just 3 photos. It feels later than it is in Japan because it gets dark before 5pm, pro....
Long day at altitude
10 November 2015
Climbing Mount Gozaisho as a daytrip from Nagoya
Today was an excellent, long day. So long in fact that I was gone almost 12 hours. I opened google maps and scrolled around until I saw mountains.....
And still it rains
9 November 2015
Shopping in the rain in Nagoya
Its raining now, but apparently the sun is shining tomorrow and it will be 23C. Its also hot now, overnight minimum only 18C. Thats enough weather....
Not been here before
9 November 2015
From Tokyo to Nagoya by Shinkansen
Now I am in Nagoya, a place I have not been before. The rest of this holiday will all be places I have not been before, which I think is a good th....