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....
Surprise downpour whilst tired
13 November 2017
Ginza in the rain
I had planned to catch the train past Ginza, walk all the way back through Ginza, see lots of lights, gawk at eastern Europeans, then there was a ....
Saturation point
22 October 2017
Sunshine city in Ikebukuro
The rare 3rd update in a single day eventuated, silly because I have had very little to photograph or talk about. I am however starting to believ....
The old and the new
20 March 2017
The old Hayashi department store
After the excitement of the last 4 days enjoying the city whos name cannot be mentioned, can Tainan possibly maintain the hype? Will it be a huge ....
So happy to give information please sit
29 October 2016
The underground heated shopping streets of Sapporo
I had some administrative requirements to take care of. First of all, I needed to book 3 train tickets for the next 3 legs of my journey so that I....
Green motorbike birth place
17 October 2016
Taking a trip to Kawasaki from Tokyo for dinner
I went somewhere I have never been before, apparently the major industrial area of Tokyo, and a city in its own right, Kawasaki. I presume this is....
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....
The docks
14 March 2015
The fishing boat harbour of Busan
This evening I decided to head down the docks for a while, see if I could find passage on a Russian tralwer to Kamchatka, where I hear they have e....