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....
Saturation point
22 October 2017
Sunshine city in Ikebukuro
The rare 3rd update in a single day eventuated, silly because I have had very little to photograph or talk about. I am however starting to believ....
Typhoon Lan
22 October 2017
Escaping a typhoon at Tokyo soup stock
More weather talk time, and hotel photos, brace yourself, but thats what happens on a 3 update day which is mainly travel. It is raining, a lot, t....
The journey is still not quite over
22 October 2017
From Narita to Ikebukuro on the NEX
This is a kind of a micro update. Might even turn out to be one of the rare 3 update days. The reason for this is I am now on the NEX train to Ike....
For the sake of completeness
10 November 2016
A lap of Ueno and the train to Narita
Not sake the drink, sake as in for the purpose of, I have never completed or even started sake, for the sake of the sake. I have a few minutes be....