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Jun 16, 11 •
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I was finally at the end of Kyushu. Mojiko is a port town in Kitakyushu with many retro buildings like this red brick building and the old train station. These European style buildings of the Taisho Era (early 1900′s) made me feel like I was somewhere...
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Jun 15, 11 •
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Choosing which bread to buy in a bakery in Japan can be a time consuming process. Particularly in this bakery where I stopped for breakfast, I had to circle around several times to decide which one to eat for breakfast. There were so many cute ones too, like...
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Jun 14, 11 •
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Having spent a few days of family time, once again, it was time to say see you soon. I left home for the second time and cycled off to Fukuoka City. I could actually cycle without a map most of the way. What a relief that was, as I’d never been good at...
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Jun 7, 11 •
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After spending the night at Bobby and Yori’s in Saga City, I met up with the 65 year old triathlete, the owner of yakitori restaurant, at 10 in the morning. We had promised that we’d cycle together to have the famous unagi (fresh water eel) in...
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Jun 2, 11 •
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In life, there are days when things happen one after another. This day when I traveled from Takeo to Saga City, I was somehow never a lone traveler. As I was leaving for Saga City, someone at the ryokan (Japanese style hotel) where I was staying gave me a bag...
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May 29, 11 •
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I said goodbye to my great-aunt and great-uncle in Isahaya City and headed to Saga Prefecture. I came by this long bridge that lead to Nagasaki Airport, which was on a little island. As I cycled up the hills, these pretty farms showed up, shaped like...
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May 23, 11 •
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The inevitable moment came in the morning just as I was leaving Kumamoto. A flat. As some of you know, I had never been on a bicycle tour before, and that meant I had never ever fixed a flat tire of a bike. I do carry two spare tubes and some tools, but using...
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May 12, 11 •
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My arrival to Kumamoto the day before was so nice that I decided to stay another day to walk around the town. I actually put on some non-cycling, regular clothes and headed out for a walk. I came by a small sign that had a 500 yen lunch of Kumamoto’s...
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May 12, 11 •
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Towards the smell of these sweet chestnut buns, I was cycling north to Kumamoto City from Yatsushiro. Skipping breakfast isn’t a clever thing to do when you’re cycling long distance, but I hadn’t eaten anything that morning. I was sucked...
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May 11, 11 •
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“Sakura, Sakura…” There is an old song called, Sakura, in Japan. Sakura, cherry blossoms, is a national flower of Japan, along with chrysanthemum. The hype around the blooming sakura in the spring is shared by everyone in the country, and it...
