Hot under the covers
17 November 2024
Musashi-Koyama Palm Shotengei
Tonight I went to a busy under cover shopping street that is a bit out of the way but thriving, the "Palm" at Musashi-Koyama. It is possibly Itali....
The new stuff
17 November 2024
Shinjuku and Shibuya
It is 25 degrees (celsius) today, that is far too hot. The world is coming to an end for the 7th time (check your history). What all this means is....
Smoking OK
16 November 2024
Quick dinner in Kanda
This is a very small update because I was only out for an hour. Ordinarily when I get back from hiking very late I go in the shower then straight ....
There will be fog
16 November 2024
Mount Tanzawa Okura ridge route
I have done this hike before, and I declared it to be the best hike in all of Japan with the best views. Today there was no view, it was all fog. ....
Spoilt for choice
15 November 2024
Asakusabashi to Asakusa
Tonight I am back in Tokyo, so I had about 500,000 choices for where to eat. Almost none of them had dinosaurs. Also, I discovered by accident tha....
Altered Hokuriku lap completed
15 November 2024
Fukui to Tokyo on the shinkansen
Long train ride day, bare minimum photo effort day. I started my day in Fukui, at the dinosaur themed station, where I wrote a personal goodbye n....
Welcome to the boring city
1 November 2024
Tokyo to Nagoya by Shinkansen
Allegedly, Nagoya is the most boring city in Japan. I have been here a couple of times before, once for a week and once for a day trip from Gifu w....
A shadow of it's former self
31 October 2024
Halloween in Shibuya
I have been to Halloween in Shibuya a number of times. It is now basically dead. Sure there are a lot of people, mostly tourists like me, going th....
The double
31 October 2024
Mitake and Otsuka from Hinatawada to Kori stations
2 hikes in 2 days, and I am not even tired. It is also Halloween, so I better go over to Shibuya where Halloween is again banned due to the Korean....