Category: Tokyo Landmarks
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Breaking the Lethargy Habit
With just one day to go, I got in my first ride of December, and most likely my last ride of 2025. The day dawned cold, and I slow-rolled the start to allow things to warm up a bit. The forecast high was 16C, and I knew if I was dressed for 2C at the…
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Catch-up potpourri
I’ve been quiet over the past couple of weeks as I’ve struggled with the aftermath of a self-inflicted mechanical, something that I really should know better than to have allowed to have happened. I was able to get home with no trouble, but when I hit a roadblock in sorting out the problem, I got…
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Take-it-Easy Ajisai
I had plans to cycle to Kawagoe today, but got a late start after going back to bed after breakfast. Instead I set out on the Tokyo Landmarks ride. Right from the start I knew I was tired. My thighs were OK, but I was fatigued overall. It’s been quite a week. There are not…
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Mixed blessings
I’ve been watching today’s forecast for nearly two weeks, with a couple of weather sites (Yahoo and tenki.jp) going back and forth over whether it would rain. About four days ago the two sites seemed to agree on rain, and then two days ago it was cloudy but no rain. This morning the forecast was…
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Windy Round with Joe
After years of saying, “Yes, we should really do that!” Fearless Leader Joe finally came to Tokyo to spend a day riding with me. There are several rides he’s expressed interest in doing, but he was clear on the first one: Tokyo Landmarks. I watched the forecast in the days leading up to the ride.…
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Marathonus Interruptus
I got off to quite a lazy start this morning, and had to immediately forget any thoughts I had about riding the length of the Tamagawa in both directions. When Nana asked where I was going I said Disney, and figured I would decide once there whether to return via the Tokyo Gate Bridge or…
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Picturesque ride
Too nice to remain indoors It dawned clear and cold, a beautiful morning. Although it’s not officially winter, it was 5C as I was preparing for the ride, with a forecast high of 13C. Time to break out the winter cycling kit: my 鬼滅の刃 (Demon Slayer) jersey and tights, as well as winter gloves and…
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Ajisai Loop
We had clear skies and nice weather today following yesterday’s typhoon. Fujisan even put in a subdued appearance early in the morning, with the snow cap much reduced by yesterday’s wind and rain. Of all my usual rides, there’s only one that doesn’t run on cycling paths alongside rivers, which were probably flooded today or…
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初走り 2023
For the first ride of the New Year, I had grandiose ideas about visiting a waterfall at the top of a 14km climb that begins 50km from home. As I was preparing this morning, I realized that the climb (and the return) would add at least 90 minutes to a ride that would already be…