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....
Further orientation required
18 March 2014
Doing no research on where you are other than knowing how to get to your hotel, then setting out on foot in no particular direction in the dark, c....
The real Otaku?
26 October 2012
Otaku is the Japanese term for people with obsessive interests. In Western culture its nerds. But in Japan its cool. In modern culture Otaku could....
More canals, far canals
29 August 2012
I ended up walking much further than I thought. It was nice and cool, a giant 30 storey high thermometer told me its 26 degrees. There was a nice ....