The last supper
15 November 2017
Eating ramen beneath Tokyo station
Time to head out and have my last dinner in Japan, unless my flight is cancelled. Leaping forward, Ueno station has been a source of crime and vil....
Night of the long exposures
14 November 2017
Don Quijote in Asakusa
First of all, the same girl is still at the lonely part of Ueno station trying to convince foreigners she needs money to get back to Kyoto because....
Value extraction
14 November 2017
Hiking Mount Toyama in Nikko
I paid for my train pass, so I am going to extract as much value as possible from my train pass. It costs $100 for 3 days, yesterday I extracted $....
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 ....
Ueno to Shinjuku is not far
12 November 2017
Walking across the city from Ueno to Shinjuku
Chances are if you have been to Tokyo that you have ridden on the Yamanote line that goes in a circle around the main parts of the city. You might....
I have returned
12 November 2017
From Yokohama to Ueno
I have indeed returned to Tokyo, my last stop, but still have 4 nights here before boarding my plane home, plenty of time left to climb more thing....
Snot pump
25 October 2017
Shinkansen from Tokyo to Shizuoka
Now I am in Shizuoka, and today we have reached peak mucus. The day started off normally enough, although there are persistent light showers, and....
The new shiny Tokyo
24 October 2017
The streets abd fiid if Kichioji
Tonight I went to Kichijoji, which is quite west but not nearly at the western edge of the Tokyo Megalopolis. I liked it a lot, I had never been t....
Wasted ramen opportunity
23 October 2017
The great guitar stores near the Shibuya crossing
I like ramen a lot. But its bad for you, many calories, great amounts of salt, very few vegetables. So when I choose to have ramen, I should proba....