Seoul Scenes, January 2025
Eulmildae Main Branch Turns out Eulmildae is closer than I thought. I should stop by once the weather gets a bit better. France Louvre Baguette A place that is clearly copying London Bagel Museum has opened …
Eulmildae Main Branch Turns out Eulmildae is closer than I thought. I should stop by once the weather gets a bit better. France Louvre Baguette A place that is clearly copying London Bagel Museum has opened …
If you live in Incheon, you almost certainly have a memory or two tied to Songdo.. And Songdo has developed a lot lately, plus it now has a train station. So I went over for a look on the weekend. Songdo Yeokj…
What made me decide to head out to Paju this time was the news that the GTX-A line had opened. GTX It takes a while just to get down to the platform, but it turns out Paju is only 20 minutes away. You still h…
Hard at work farming oysters. Anker’s USB-A to USB-C adapter This turns out to be surprisingly useful: it lets you hang USB-A cables, like the ones on a mouse or a keyboard, off a USB-C hub. Hubs that …
Nagisaen hosts events all the time, especially on days when the weather is nice. This area sits roughly in the middle of Japan, so it seems to get used as a venue a lot whenever people gather from all over the…
Here are some photos from the places I dropped by around Hachioji. Maison Douce It’s a famous dessert shop in the neighbourhood, but carrying anything home would have been a hassle, so I just looked. Au…
I went to Isetan. This kind of mood.. These days it feels like Isetan is the only stop you need. Bread like this It was cute, so I took a picture. And bakeries like this.. And bakeries like this.. Was it n…
I spent the day wandering around central Tokyo. Somewhere near Shibuya, probably Korea has its share of good-looking buildings too, but Japan has always had plenty of unusual ones. We’ll have to try a b…
There turned out to be all sorts of interesting things inside Shinagawa Station. A dessert like this It is a cake shaped exactly like a strawberry, and it really is pretty. Butter no Itoko The sweets that we…
There is an aquarium called Wotto in Bentenjima, Hamamatsu. It is a small place, but it turned out to be quite fun. Fish like these Everything is well looked after. And these… Fish like this… Th…
Just putting up some photos, nothing fancy.. Waiting at a light.. There is a big lake nearby, so there is a lot of lovely scenery around here. Sky Sky A seat cushion I bought a 6cm-thick cushion, and it is…
Here are some assorted scenes from Shizuoka. A street of temples It was a street with a certain something about it. Ramen ABE’s From the outside it looks like a temple, but it is actually a ramen shop….