Favourite dinner
18 November 2019
Eating tomato Ramen in Shinjuku
Tonight I had my favourite thing that you can only get in Japan for the third time. Tomato Ramen. Its ramen cooked in a thick tomato soup, with go....
The most time consuming
18 November 2019
Hiking Mount Takigoyama from Sasago station
Today I took a 2 hour train ride to Sasago station on the Chuo line, and once again, hiked the wrong way up a mountain. I did not see a single oth....
Expensive hamburger patty
17 November 2019
Dinner at Takashimaya in Shinjuku
My cheapness, also known as tightarseness knows no bounds. Tonight I paid $15 for a hamburger patty, tiny potato, corner off a carrot and joke pie....
Entry fee
17 November 2019
Shinjuku Gyoen Garden and shopping in Shinjuku
I last went to Shinjuku Gyoen Garden in March 2012. It was a grey day, and everything in it was brown and dead. The place was almost deserted. The....
No sign of tension
16 November 2019
Koreatown in Shinjuku
If you have been watching the news lately, you will see that tensions between Japan and Korea (South) are very high. Japan seems to be getting on ....
Off broadway
15 November 2019
Curry for dinner at Nakano
I have been to Nakano at least twice before. It is very conveniently located from Shinjuku, just one stop on the Chuo rapid line. And since I had ....
Back to the big city
15 November 2019
From Koriyama to Tokyo on the Shinkansen
Now I am back in Tokyo, Korea town on the outskirts of Shinjuku to be precise, it will be my last stop. I still have 6 more nights here, which mea....
The station is so station
1 November 2019
Eating ramen at the ramen street at Tokyo station
As skillfully predicted, not many photos tonight. This is one of the things I type often, apology for not many photos. Tonight I had to figure out....
Au naturale hiking trail
1 November 2019
Mount Takahata and Mount Kuratake from Torisawa to Yanagawa stations
SPLENDIFEROUS weather. No wind, no cloud, forecast max of 21C. You know what that means. Todays hike was out on the Chuo line. This line was badl....