twowheeler
two wheels are best
Not a Suzuki hyperbike, but one of these –
https://flic.kr/p/pxdqEF
All Shinkansen (aka Bullet Trains) have names; ours was a Hayabusa -
https://flic.kr/p/qcyjxg
In Japan with my son, courtesy of ½ price Jetstar flights, we caught the trains the 1200km north from Tokyo to Hokkaido & skiing. It’s an 11 hour door-to-door trip, versus 8 hours flying (when combined with soul-destroying airport shuttles, queues, security, etc) and gives a proper Japanese experience.
I’d done this before so had a vague idea of what I was doing. New experience for Ewen though.
Before the trains, we spent some days seeing Tokyo. Obligatory bike pics for this bike forum !
A postie had just stepped off this bike –
https://flic.kr/p/qcnK9U
Most commuter bikes are as derelict as this one –
https://flic.kr/p/qrE82o
But this bruiser was parked right next door. The nitrous oxide bottle & electronic wiring-trickery must be useful in Tokyo’s blanket 50kph limits -
https://flic.kr/p/qcuxXH
Beautiful gardens –
https://flic.kr/p/qcpDkY
https://flic.kr/p/qtNddT
Big moat walls -
https://flic.kr/p/qrF6R5
Big fish –
https://flic.kr/p/qcnVmC
https://flic.kr/p/pxbzHz
Big temples with golden doors –
https://flic.kr/p/qcokVN
and golden gutters –
https://flic.kr/p/pwXZ2L
Big queues (this one stretched 3km to the Emperor’s palace, as it turned out to be his birthday. When we realised this, we cut out ) –
https://flic.kr/p/qugpWt
Big sinister buildings –
https://flic.kr/p/qsanNu
Big electronics shops –
https://flic.kr/p/qsaanC
and hot coffee in cans, which is not as bad as it sounds -
https://flic.kr/p/pxcG3r
More to come .....
https://flic.kr/p/pxdqEF
All Shinkansen (aka Bullet Trains) have names; ours was a Hayabusa -
https://flic.kr/p/qcyjxg
In Japan with my son, courtesy of ½ price Jetstar flights, we caught the trains the 1200km north from Tokyo to Hokkaido & skiing. It’s an 11 hour door-to-door trip, versus 8 hours flying (when combined with soul-destroying airport shuttles, queues, security, etc) and gives a proper Japanese experience.
I’d done this before so had a vague idea of what I was doing. New experience for Ewen though.
Before the trains, we spent some days seeing Tokyo. Obligatory bike pics for this bike forum !
A postie had just stepped off this bike –
https://flic.kr/p/qcnK9U
Most commuter bikes are as derelict as this one –
https://flic.kr/p/qrE82o
But this bruiser was parked right next door. The nitrous oxide bottle & electronic wiring-trickery must be useful in Tokyo’s blanket 50kph limits -
https://flic.kr/p/qcuxXH
Beautiful gardens –
https://flic.kr/p/qcpDkY
https://flic.kr/p/qtNddT
Big moat walls -
https://flic.kr/p/qrF6R5
Big fish –
https://flic.kr/p/qcnVmC
https://flic.kr/p/pxbzHz
Big temples with golden doors –
https://flic.kr/p/qcokVN
and golden gutters –
https://flic.kr/p/pwXZ2L
Big queues (this one stretched 3km to the Emperor’s palace, as it turned out to be his birthday. When we realised this, we cut out ) –
https://flic.kr/p/qugpWt
Big sinister buildings –
https://flic.kr/p/qsanNu
Big electronics shops –
https://flic.kr/p/qsaanC
and hot coffee in cans, which is not as bad as it sounds -
https://flic.kr/p/pxcG3r
More to come .....
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