Dayjuku
22 November 2023
Ueno to Shinjuku
Shinjuku is not as interesting in the day time. There is no neon. However the nearby garden is very interesting in the day time, even if I have be....
The last supper
20 November 2019
Eating okonomiyaki in Shinjuku
What to have for my last dinner on this trip other than plane food? Okonomiyaki! It was cold outside, so I headed underground to the Sunbade under....
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....
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....
Omu-Mapo-Tofu in Shinjuku
2 November 2018
Can you combine Omu rice and Mapo Tofu? Yes you can
Tonight I went back across town to everyones favorite part of Tokyo, Shinjuku. I like it too, its great for photos, and tonight I was very happy w....
Ueno to Shinjuku is not far
12 November 2017
Walking across the city from Ueno to Shinjuku
Chances are if you have been to Tokyo that you have ridden on the Yamanote line that goes in a circle around the main parts of the city. You might....
Button security
9 November 2016
Sichuan style ramen in Shinjuku
If you have been to Japan you will know they have security guards, or at least small old men in uniform, for everything. You can find some amusing....
Naga-no-yes
19 October 2016
Taking the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano
Yes, I am now in Nagano. You may remember this as the city which hosted the 1998 winter olympics. Except no one remembers the winter olympics. Who....
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