Tourists outnumber locals
7 November 2016
The always busy streets of Shibuya
Tonight I went to Shibuya, because the subway line from Ueno goes straight there and the random tunnel I went down was for that line. Thats how I ....
Pre halloween
30 October 2016
Halloween and curry in Sapporo
Halloween is tomorrow, Monday, or was it Friday and Saturday? No its tomorrow, but theres about a million halloween people out posing for photos t....
Green motorbike birth place
17 October 2016
Taking a trip to Kawasaki from Tokyo for dinner
I went somewhere I have never been before, apparently the major industrial area of Tokyo, and a city in its own right, Kawasaki. I presume this is....
Final destination
22 November 2015
The short train ride from Shimonoseki to Fukuoka
Now I am in Fukuoka, it will be my last stop on this holiday. Getting here took about, 18 minutes, on the bullet train in a tunnel for probably 17....
Much rain
8 November 2015
A rainy day trip to the Tokyo guitar street at Ochanomizu
The forecast said it might rain, briefly. Instead it rained a lot, constantly, from 7am until so far, around 4pm. This is not a huge issue unless ....
Need to step up my game
4 November 2015
Eating vegetarian curry in Ikebukuro
As the title says, I feel the quality of what you see here has slipped. Steps are being taken to improve this situation. Perhaps I need to hire an....
Shinsaibashi
9 March 2012
It almost stopped raining, almost. Not enough to warrant venturing away from covered pedestrian mall area. The Shinsaibashi thing is very long wit....
Guitars and home made dinner
6 November 2011
I set out to get lost. I succeeded more than once. At one stage I was between a river and an industrial complex of some kind, I had to double back....
Walking around before stuff opens
26 March 2011
Despite staying awake as late as possible, and despite there being only a 2.5 hour time difference, I woke up wide awake at approximately 5am Hong....
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