Saturday, currently on bullet train to Okayama. This weekend’s theme: outside of my comfort zone. Tonight, it’s a capsule hotel for $26.
Category: Honshu
Okayama Reposition
Saturday plan: hike, then, late afternoon, “reposition” myself to Okayama, ready to explore islands south of Okayama.
Ikebukuro Station
This picture evokes vivid memories. April 2013, I’m underground in Tokyo, in Ikebukuro Station, the second busiest train station in the world with over 2.7 million passengers a day. I never walk up on the surface of Tokyo. I’ve just arrived from Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku, the nether regions of Japan, to catch a train back out of…… Continue reading Ikebukuro Station
Ikebukuro Station
Wrote about a vivid two-second memory from a trip: Good travel = a succession of little things.
NRT, Between Flights
Friday morning. Explored park and temples in Narita (town) between a flight from Sapporo and an 11-hour flight to MSP.
Tokyo Hiking Trails
Posted Tokyo Hiking Trails (pix).
Imagining A Long Tunnel
Hey D and C. Imagine a tunnel from your home to my home. Tomorrow I travel in an even longer one (33 miles) from islands Honshu to Hokkaido.
Mt. Mitake
Friday: “Mountains. Near Tokyo. Day 2.” C, D: this train climbed a mountain (Mt Mitake). Wish you rode it with me.
Post Cards From Honshu
Hi D, Hi C. Post cards for you from Seibu-Chichibu, just west of Tokyo on the island of Honshu, Japan.
Chichibu
Chichibu, Honshu, in the mountains 50 miles west of Tokyo