Kawagoe by train to see trains
19 November 2018
A daytrip to Kawagoe and the Omiya railway museum
Do you like trains? Do you like ancient Starbucks? Then todays update is right up your alley. Apparently I also went to the ancient sweets (candy)....
Quiet night in Shimbashi
18 November 2018
The area of Shimbashi is colorful but largely closed on Sunday night
On my walk past the Tokyo tower the other night, I went past a bright area I could see in the distance which my map informed me was Shimbashi. I g....
Greasers
18 November 2018
Yoyogi park on a Sunday
I keep hearing about how on a Sunday afternoon, Yoyogi park is the place to go to see every kind of weird freak in the world trying to start a new....
Brief trip to Ginza for curry
17 November 2018
The bright lights and Tokyo forum
I am a bit broken. Or more accurately, fatigued. No strength in legs. Not much mental capacity for make good sentences. Conveniently then, my hote....
Hiking with others
17 November 2018
Hiking Mount Kawanori from Okutama station
Today was a long day, a long day hiking near Tokyo on a Saturday, which meant there were other people. At times lots of other people, but at other....
From Kanda to Harajuku
16 November 2018
Walking across the city taking in views of the Tokyo tower
Days where I spend all day with my bum on a plane, bus, train, monorail etc means that by the time I get to my hotel I have a lot of walking to do....
Deja Vu
16 November 2018
Flying from Nagasaki to Tokyo on a JAL Boeing 737
I have returned back to Tokyo, land of things open at night, land of many trains that go to mountains, land of actual mountains rather than hills,....
I left Japan and went to Roppongi
3 November 2018
Going to Roppongi without spending any money
I had been to Roppongi once before, the very first time I came to Japan, which was all the way back in 2010, so long ago in fact, on that particul....
No train day
3 November 2018
A walk through a University to Rikugien and Yanesen
Before we get started, I should mention I again got racially insulted today, thats twice in a week, Japan has changed. A store vendor decided to c....