Not a bad view
16 November 2015
A hiking day trip to Norosan near Hiroshima by train to Kawajiri station
Theres not a lot of mountains near Hiroshima, but I found them anyway. Todays mountain of sorts, was called Mount Noro, which is in Kure city sout....
Too many places to eat
15 November 2015
Eating Okonomiyaki at Okonomimura in Hiroshima
Hiroshima is chock full of tourists, which means its much better set up for shopping and eating than Nagoya. A short walk from my hotel is the mai....
My room is old
15 November 2015
From Nagoya to Hiroshima on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Hiroshima. I will be here until Friday. It seems very colorful, and large. I dont really understand, as it supposedly has a population....
Throw everything on a plate
14 November 2015
The most famous food of Nagoya
Now, for a urinal story. The urinals in the train station, have a target to aim at, and the longer you stay on target, the more LED lights inside ....
Looming rain
14 November 2015
Visiting the Toyota factory in Nagoya
As I correctly predicted, rain was not just looming, it was actually raining. So I thought I had better go see some looms and find out why Toyota ....
Aeon ozone dome walk
13 November 2015
Walking to the Ozone dome to go to the Aeon mall in Nagoya
After climbing a mountain, I thought maybe I would go for a really long walk. It threatens to rain all day tomorrow, and indeed, as I returned to ....
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, ....