There is usually some event happening in Akihbara (AKA, Akiba) on Sundays. Not to mention pedestrian hours in the afternoon which makes it easier to walk around in the popular tourist spot with the roads sealed off from traffic. That's why I decided to reserve Sundays for walks in Akiba. While I was there, I thought I'd tour the spots...

Originally I had planned to spend the last day of my JR Pass in Kanazawa but I was tired of seeing old districts and temples so I thought I’d spend the time returning to Shin-Takaoka and visit what I didn’t manage to cover, the coastal area of Himi. Instead of the first train available I booked one for after 9 this time. There were only a few...

Took a different airline to Narita this time so I ended up at a part of the airport I wasn’t so familiar with. Was quite a walk reaching the usual immigration queue. Not sure if it’s because of the cheap Yen and over-tourism but it took almost an hour when I arrived in the afternoon at 16:59. SIM card machine was still there but this time I...