Vegan ramen is expensive
26 October 2025
Ochanomizu to Asakusa
Tonight I walked from where I am staying in Ochanomizu, to Asakusa. It is not very far, but it started raining again which took me to a ramen plac....
The line to touch the cat
26 October 2025
Gotokuji temple in Setagaya
A rainy non hiking day. My schedule is in tatters. I knew this about a week ago, but it should be fine from this point on, but this might mean hik....
Trains planes and rain
25 October 2025
Arriving at Tokyo Haneda
The rare third update in a day. Actually it was done when I woke up the next morning due to my late arrival. The second flight was better than the....
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,....