A belated self-guilty attempt to start journalling of my life whilst trying to avoid genre specific egotism and making it a practical guide for the readers.
The island is walkable, and bikeable, but not the entire perimeter. It has a quite rocky and rugged coast, which is great to explore on foot in some parts, but I doubt it is possible to safely traverse the entire edge of the island.
After our outing in Tateishi I'm afraid I'm finished with Katsushika for the time being. And Queen Sheba near the Meguro River is only open in the evening.
Kamata has all kinds of interesting eateries and drinkeries, I used to stay there a bunch for business pre-covidiocy. Not so much recently though.
Next to Kamata Onsen there's Kurihira (くり平 ) which I was taken to by some Japanese business colleagues and was good (and relatively cheap I believe).
The Nomi river walk can take you almost to Senzokuike Park (洗足池公園 ) which is a nice park to visit. When I lived at the west end of Togoshi Ginza in the 1990s I explored the area around the Ikegami line at various points and did that once. It also looks like you could follow the river path almost all the way to Sakura Shinmachi if you wanted to. That would be about a 12km hike
Thank you. Read the post and have included island to my Yamagata itinerary. I am sometimes careful to “parade” these quiet destinations to public, but you are right, it is existential they receive visitors.
I want to visit Awashima! I've written a post about Awashima's neighbor, Tobishima in Yamagata Prefecture.
I replied but somehow don’t see in a thread. Is Tobishima walkable in perimeter with possibly sidewalks?
The island is walkable, and bikeable, but not the entire perimeter. It has a quite rocky and rugged coast, which is great to explore on foot in some parts, but I doubt it is possible to safely traverse the entire edge of the island.
Thank you. I read the post and liked it.
Looking at the prices of those beers is enough to keep me sober.
Agree. But some are real “craft” after which you would not want Asahi. For special occasions.
I can agree with that. Too bad that Ethiopian joint is not in Tokyo.
There is one in Meguro and Little Ethiopia in Katsushika. On to do list.
After our outing in Tateishi I'm afraid I'm finished with Katsushika for the time being. And Queen Sheba near the Meguro River is only open in the evening.
PS The statistics I've seen suggest that Mao killed more people than Lenin/Stalin, but that's not saying that Stalin didn't kill tens of millions
https://meme.aho.st/communism/
He was a good “student”…
Kamata has all kinds of interesting eateries and drinkeries, I used to stay there a bunch for business pre-covidiocy. Not so much recently though.
Next to Kamata Onsen there's Kurihira (くり平 ) which I was taken to by some Japanese business colleagues and was good (and relatively cheap I believe).
The Nomi river walk can take you almost to Senzokuike Park (洗足池公園 ) which is a nice park to visit. When I lived at the west end of Togoshi Ginza in the 1990s I explored the area around the Ikegami line at various points and did that once. It also looks like you could follow the river path almost all the way to Sakura Shinmachi if you wanted to. That would be about a 12km hike
Now you mapped Nomigawa walk for me (: Thanks!
I look forward to your report. Back in the 1990s the Kamata end was nasty and polluted. I think (hope) that's mostly been cleaned up
Now it is nice, simple , clean enough, an antipode to snobbish Daikanyama likes, no fancy 1000 yen cakes, down to earth.
Thank you. Read the post and have included island to my Yamagata itinerary. I am sometimes careful to “parade” these quiet destinations to public, but you are right, it is existential they receive visitors.