Mark backdates this entry from the 14th after waking up from the spooky inn, we packed our stuff and made way to the kombini (convenience…
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From Japan (Part 9): The Haunted Inn outside Hikone
in his continuing travels in japan mark says: i finally have a computer that i’m not paying for by the minute and I’ve got the…
From Japan (Part 8): Gifu
(note: the keyboard also pissed me off with some really strange, apparently haunted font that wasn’t rendering. I retyped Mark’s post – Byron) In Gifu…
From Japan (Part 7): the real journey begins in kyoto
so i’m writing from an inn in kyoto after taking the bullet train from tokyo. we’re a day behind already on the planned ride back…
From Japan (Part 6): Uichi and Eiske
Saw these guys while walking in Shibuya. Shibuya feels like Disney World meets Manhattan’s 5th Ave. These guys were just kicking back in a sea…
From Japan (Part 5): Team Pedal from Shimano
So I found these Shimano R540 SPD-SL pedals in a bike shop called Narushima Friends in a neighborhood of Tokyo. Notice the team colours that…
From Japan (Part 4): Mini mini in Roppongi
This is a”mini velo” type bike I saw in the Roppongi neighborhood of Tokyo. In Japan, Mini velo bikes include anything with small wheels, including…
From Japan (Part 3): the Mini Velo
So my group was walking the streets of Tokyo after finding the Tsukumo Cycle Sports bike shop, home of Kalavinka Cycles. Kalavinka bikes are known…
From Japan (Part 2): From Tokyo with Tattoos
Jet-lag has me waking up hella early and collapsing at 9:30 at night. Today Angelo, Katherine, her Japanese bf, myself, and maybe our friend Min…
From Japan (Part 1): Grunge Lives at Y’s Bike Shop in Akasaka!
In Akasaka neighborhood of Tokyo. I am kinda clueless to what this logo signifies on this bike stem. It’s a reasonably nice stem, like a…