When I started exploring bike touring in Japan, one of the first things I did was look at the package tours. I have a hard time imaging that riding in …
"Their lights are on" Victor whispered to me. "Should we tell them?" A group of three ladies had just gotten settled in at the counter. One lit a cigarette and they …
We had a tough time leaving Kyoto. First we thought we'd leave on Monday, but pretty quickly we knew we wouldn't leave till Tuesday. Then we stayed an extra day …
Sometime around the end of February, when we decided on our intinerary for Japan, Vic thought to ask the Google about cherry blossom season. "Oh! We'll be in Kyoto just …
After you've spent a few days in Kyoto, you'll be burnt out and bored with temples and shrines. Seriously, a half day in Nara and you'll be fine. Or so goes …
Of the many sites we saw in Kyoto, my favorite was spread across a mountain just south of the city, the Fushimi Inari Shrine. Actually, while the shrine itself was lovely, …
I can't read Japanese, but I thought it might be interesting for our my American pals to see the kinds of images that are filling Japanese papers. I've been flipping …
A couple months before going to Japan, we went over for an evening of browsing travel books at Elliot Bay. Vic talked me out a big pile of things, but …
On our third day in Tokyo, we were standing in front of yet another closed museum cursing our stupidity on not looking it up on the Internet back at the …
Lately, no matter what time I go to bed, I'm waking up at five am. I am a morning person, but this is driving me a bit crazy. I like …
With the recent cold snap, I wimped off my bike. Though it's my nature to be curious, I've only picked up a small pile of books about Japan for our …
