Station takeover
12 November 2025
Omotecho shopping street
I have already done a full comparison of the station area and the covered shopping streets on both sides of the station area. The winner by a land....
Quiet town with great ramen
4 November 2025
Tokushima Kagoyamachi
I knew that Tokushima would be quiet, I was hoping it would be, so that I can wander and observe a lot of closed garage doors in shopping malls. I....
King of Shotengai
2 November 2025
Shin-Nagata
Kobe takes the crown from Osaka as king of Shotengai (covered shopping streets). Tonight I made the 90 minute (on foot) journey to Shin-Nagata to ....
Vegan ramen is expensive
26 October 2025
Ochanomizu to Asakusa
Tonight I walked from where I am staying in Ochanomizu, to Asakusa. It is not very far, but it started raining again which took me to a ramen plac....
Raining Sumo and dead pigs
20 November 2024
Ryogoku for ramen
Just east of the Sumida river is the main Sumo stadium. I thought at first I had never been there before, but it turns out I have, because I have ....
Spoilt for choice
15 November 2024
Asakusabashi to Asakusa
Tonight I am back in Tokyo, so I had about 500,000 choices for where to eat. Almost none of them had dinosaurs. Also, I discovered by accident tha....
Salaryman glowstick idol adoration
6 November 2024
Ramen in Sakae
Tonight I went outside and nearly got blown over. Sudden gale force wind and also coldness. I had to go underground. Plenty of options. So I went ....
Too much underground
1 November 2024
Nagoya Sakae and Mirai Tower
Too much of Nagoya is underground. I remember reading that the 2 largest underground shopping areas in Japan are both in Nagoya. They are about 2k....
New tunnel under the tracks
27 October 2024
Shimbashi to Yurakucho in the rain
Wet streets, neon lights, darkness at 5pm. All of these add up to photos of lights under bridges. One of the great things about Japan is that it g....
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