Category: Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ring-Ring Road

  • Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ring-Ring Road

    Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ring-Ring Road

    Last weekend after some rather elaborate planning, we loaded the bikes into a rental van and set off for Ibaraki Prefecture and the Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ring-Ring Road. I’d originally planned a couple of rides using Kasumigaura as a home base, but it turns out there are no onsen there to relax in after the ride. After…

  • Disaster strikes

    Disaster strikes

    With travel restrictions looming back in March, I wrote that my Ohio plans might be canceled. As a back-up plan, I chose the Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ring Ring Road and floated the idea among my usual cycling friends. Now we find ourselves in June, going on July, and the Ohio trip is definitely out. I started looking…

  • Tsukuba-Kasumigaura Ring-Ring Road

    I’ve been planning a ride with friends this summer in Ohio, but I haven’t booked anything yet given the current state of travel and restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. In case things fall through, I’d like to have a back-up plan. Assuming things don’t get dramatically worse for us here in Japan, one…