Needing some authentic Sunday morning canine strolling concepts, my spouse and I made a decision to stroll around the well-known inexperienced practice line which passes by most of Tokyo’s city centres in a loop. I ought to level out that our little six-year-old chihuahua would do a mixture of strolling and being carried both in my arms or in his backpack.
The 35-kilometre route for the entire Yamanote line was damaged down into 5 components. The 1st half consisted of a stroll between Tokyo station (JY01) and Nishi-Nippori (JY08). That is Half 2 which started again at Nishi-Nippori in an effort to totally navigate the road on foot.
Date: Sunday seventh December 2025
Beginning Level: Nishi-Nippori (JY08)
Finish Level: Ikebukuro (JY13)
Length: 3.5 hours
Approximate Distance: 6 km
On paper, this regarded like the best and quickest of the 5 walks nevertheless it nonetheless ended up taking us 3.5 hours (simply half-hour lower than Half 1). This enterprise shouldn’t be actually about seeing a load of sights on the way in which as it’s mainly a glorified canine stroll! That’s fortunate I assume as there weren’t too many issues to see this time.
The primary spotlight was not till we approached Komagome station the place there’s a large golf ball subsequent to Dai-ni Nakazoto Crossing, the one degree crossing on the Yamanote Line.
Gentle Golf Store
Subsequent up was a rest room! Sure, you learn that accurately! I’ve really featured this cool-looking bathroom block design on Tokyo Fox earlier than in a greatest public bathroom designs compilation submit. It’s referred to as Toshima Kuritsu Nishisugamo Nichome Park and urine for a deal with do you have to ever go there!
This Inexperienced Lawson comfort retailer isn’t too far-off from Otsuka station. It has been round for fairly a couple of years now and is an experimental comfort retailer for the longer term. The primary time I went in there I had my headphones in and didn’t realise a remote-working employees member was speaking to me by the video display screen on the checkout. No such errors this time as I didn’t hassle getting something!
As we walked from Otsuka onto our vacation spot of Ikebukuro, we got here throughout a reasonably distinctive merchandising machine promoting some homegrown drinks and a snack or two. The cola was a small can however one I’d by no means seen earlier than so couldn’t resist such a purchase order. It had a mild fruity style with a touch of lemon and shikukwasa which is an Okinawan specialty green-coloured citrus.
The following instalment will start again at Ikebukuro station to make sure the entire loop is walked in its entirety and that can seem right here quickly.
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