Leaving the bear until last
19 April 2025
Kumamoto to Fukuoka on a short bullet train ride
Hotel photo lovers rejoice, for today you are in for a treat with three (3)! photos of my hotel room! The journey from Kumamoto to Fukuoka takes ....
Japan beats Hong Kong at Korea
18 April 2025
Another lap of Kumamoto city centre
Last night in Kumamoto, I decided to celebrate by having Korean food. People with developed attention spans may remember about 10 days ago I had b....
Logging and tv towers
18 April 2025
Mount Kinbo from Kamikumamoto station
There are not a lot of mountains near Kumamoto. Most people go to Mount Aso, which is the very active volcano, however there is almost no hiking a....
Not rice not noodles
17 April 2025
Kumamoto station area
Instead of catching the tram to the main station area, I walked along the tram tracks. This probably annoyed the tram drivers. The journey on foot....
Everywhere has a castle and a garden
17 April 2025
Suizenji garden and Kumamoto castle
Today I went to the things most people go to see in Kumamoto, Suizenji Koen and the local partially destroyed by recent earthquake but largely re-....
White light district
16 April 2025
Kumamoto bar and entertainment areas
Just a short outing tonight due to a lot of km earlier. First I saw a bunch of white lights and assumed there was a street full of dentists, but n....
A lengthy minor traverse
16 April 2025
Uto Peninsula from Ishiuchi-Dam to Uto Station
Today I walked the length of the Uto peninsula. There are a couple of noted very small mountains along the way, Odake and Yudake, but there is alm....
Tomato sunset shrine
15 April 2025
Kumamoto Shotengai walk
Tonight I walked around most of the central area of Kumamoto being blinded by the sun, before eventually eating a bowl of tomato soup. The Shoten....
Gale forced escape
15 April 2025
Kagoshima to Kumamoto on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Kumamoto. I have not been here before. It is about an hour away from Kagoshima on the bullet train. Before I left Kagoshima this morn....
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