Is it really the longest?
9 April 2025
Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street
Word has gotten around about my ability to collect statistics with my running watch. The Japanese Covered Shopping Street Distance Measuring and A....
Kyoto with less tourists
9 April 2025
A quick day trip to Uji
I am now fully laundered. Earlier on this trip I could have laundered a heap of money in Macau, but I forgot to steal from the prefectural governm....
Too many tourists taking photos
8 April 2025
Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi
There are more tourists in the Dotonbori area of Osaka than the rest of Japan combined. It has been like this for quite some time. Even on a Tuesd....
Autumn is better than spring
8 April 2025
Mount Iwawaki from Takihata dam to Kimitoge station
First hike on the Japan leg of this trip, and I was tired, fatigued, sleep deprived, sore, swollen etc. I pre-selected a shorter, easier hike know....
Japanese airports are all terrible
7 April 2025
Singapore to Osaka on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner
First of all, the Airbus A350 is a nicer jet than a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, much quieter, better seats, but who am I kidding, on the way to Hong Ko....
Departing is as bad as arriving
22 November 2024
Haneda airport
Haneda airports main web page has a warning about congestion at immigration, you see this page when you log onto the wifi. When you are in line th....
The wrong airport
22 November 2024
Narita shrines
The goal of the day was to waste as much time as possible and not get sweaty. The best way to do this is to spend all day sitting on trains and lo....
The last supper
21 November 2024
Kanda to Akihabara and back
Depending on if I eat an actual meal at the airport tomorrow night or not, I just had my last dinner in Japan on this trip, so of course I had cur....
Finally some alone time
21 November 2024
Mount Izugatake from Nishi-Agano to Shomaru station
Today I saw only 2 other people on my hike in almost 5 hours. That is more like it. The last few hikes have had far too many people. Getting to to....