Nakano not Nagano
28 October 2018
Exploring the sites and sounds of the Nakano Broadway
As suggested above, I was many hours too early to check into the hotel however the new trainee on the desk greeted me with 'I hope you are an Engl....
Narita airport DNA test
28 October 2018
Arriving at Tokyo Narita airport on Singapore Airlines
Greetings from Narita airport where I have been DNA tested, finger printed, iris scanned, bag searched, laptop contents checked and questioned ext....
Narita procedural update
16 November 2017
Exploring Ueno before heading to the airport
Here is my procedural update from Narita airport. The airport terminal is small and dated, lacking in anything interesting to do, but thats ok its....
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....