Departing is as bad as arriving
22 November 2024
Haneda airport
Haneda airports main web page has a warning about congestion at immigration, you see this page when you log onto the wifi. When you are in line th....
The wrong airport
22 November 2024
Narita shrines
The goal of the day was to waste as much time as possible and not get sweaty. The best way to do this is to spend all day sitting on trains and lo....
The last supper
21 November 2024
Kanda to Akihabara and back
Depending on if I eat an actual meal at the airport tomorrow night or not, I just had my last dinner in Japan on this trip, so of course I had cur....
Finally some alone time
21 November 2024
Mount Izugatake from Nishi-Agano to Shomaru station
Today I saw only 2 other people on my hike in almost 5 hours. That is more like it. The last few hikes have had far too many people. Getting to to....
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 ....
Encapsulated
20 November 2024
Sun City and Intermediatheque
OMG it is raining again. The good news is that a few days ago I adjusted my hiking schedule based on the rain being forecast for Monday and Today,....
Light pollution
19 November 2024
Ginza again
I have been on enough trains already today and already taken enough photos today so this evening I just went on a stroll to Ginza and back. I was ....
Shrine filled mountain
19 November 2024
Mount Oyama from Isehara station
I have done this hike before, in 2015, when I did a hilarious rant about how Japanese girls have 2 different voices, one for when they are with th....
Grilled vomit
18 November 2024
Monjayaki in Kawasaki
Evidently, it is supposed to be runny. Monjayaki is the sister to Okonomiyaki, in the family of grill it yourself foods with cabbage. Tonight I we....
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