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....
Soup in a can
8 November 2015
Tomato ramen in Shinjuku
Tomorrow I go to Nagoya. Before then, I go to Shinjuku. It was raining, but when I got there, it had stopped raining, at least for a while. Much l....
Much rain
8 November 2015
A rainy day trip to the Tokyo guitar street at Ochanomizu
The forecast said it might rain, briefly. Instead it rained a lot, constantly, from 7am until so far, around 4pm. This is not a huge issue unless ....
Beneath the tracks
7 November 2015
Waling from Ueno to Akihabara for omurice
Its only 2 stops to Akihabara, so thats where I decided to go, on foot. You can walk under the elevated JR line the enitre way which is actually v....
Mosquito mountain camera failure
7 November 2015
A day trip by train and bus to Mount Oyama
Enough of this not going up a mountain bullshit, I may still be sick sort of, but I am going anyway. I made my plan the night before, selecting my....