Brendan

Cycling and Travelling around Japan

Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo

I went riding with half fast over the weekend and got to see a good amount of cherry blossoms near Higashi Ojima station. I managed to get a couple nice pictures of myself and cherry blossoms and the new bike.  

Plum blossoms in Ome

Just about every year I try to make it out to Ome to see some of the plum blossoms. The area is nice because there is a large park with plum blossoms but also a lot of agricultural plum trees in the area.  A lot of people have plum blossoms in their gardens and the [...]

To Hakone

Odometer: 52362km Today’s distance:122,7km Average speed: 24,5kph max speed: 64kph rolling time: 5.01.21 Despite the poor and unpredictable weather, I headed down to Hakone over the weekend. With the aim of arriving in Hakone by 12h00, I left the house at 6h15. Instead of going directly to Hakone, I decided to via Lake Yamanaka in [...]

To Kamakura

Odometer: 51929km Today’s distance:112,3km Average speed: 25,7kph max speed: 65kph rolling time: 4.22.59 Today headed out at 7AM for a ride over Yabitsu to end in Kamakura. Ride up Yabitsu was quite nice, but I had forgotten how the surface was in parts. I think it was something near my best time as well (even [...]

Karuizawa to Izumo – Golden Week Cycling

As I have in many past years, I will head out for a cycle-camp trip this year over Golden Week. This year, however, I have only taken the calendar days and 3 personal days for a total of 11 days off. I will leave in the morning from Tokyo via shinkansen and come back from [...]

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