Take cover
12 April 2025
Kagoshima station area in the rain
Well it is certainly raining now. In fact when I looked up the weather there was a flood warning. Luckily the extensive station area, which houses....
Now that the tower is dry
4 November 2024
Sakae area and department stores
The other night I wandered around the main bit of Nagoya in the pouring rain. I threatened to go on the roof of something and go to where the depa....
Most of the main drag
14 November 2023
Kyoto shopping area
Everyone who has been to Japan has been to Kyoto and walked up and down the main shopping street to the shrine at the end, past the 2 x covered sh....
I now feel as though I arrived
29 October 2023
Kanda to Tokyo station
With the way the flight worked, I got here the same day as I left Australia, then I took a train to my hotel, which is one street from the station....
They let me in!
16 May 2023
Rainbow bridge and Raohe night market
I finally managed to be allowed to eat at a Japanese curry franchise fast food restaurant in Taiwan, the Coco challenge has been conquered. More o....
2nd Coco rejection
12 May 2023
Yizhong Street Night Market
Another 40,000 step day. Surprising. The dogs are mildly barking. Tomorrow is definitely a rest day, because I am out of clean underpants. Well ou....
Lizards and ducks
7 May 2023
Non food court dinner in Yilan
Last night in Yilan. As threatened I decided to see if there's more to it that first meets the eye. Not really. The University area is another bus....
Illuminated
19 November 2022
A quick visit to Daejeon Lotte for dinner
It was not a long outing this evening but it was illuminating. I stumbled onto some lights in a park that are one of many festivals the local Daej....
The earlier rain was but a fine mist
5 June 2022
Heavy rain in Busan
Streets are now flooded. I had to stick completely to the underground subway malls to go to the department store to get omurice. The photos are cr....
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