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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