A good long day in the saddle traipsing through Kanagawa and the Southern Alps of Shizuoka.
(more…)Summer Sunday Run – Shizuoka
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At last – Shirakawago in the snow!
Shirakawago is a timeless glimpse at a bygone era and a place everyone visiting Japan should make an effort to get to. And it does need effort as it’s not the closest place to the main touristy draw cards. From its nearest big city, Nagoya, it’s about a 3hr tour bus ride or 4hr by train and bus on public transport.
(more…)Freedom
With the lifting of the corona virus state of emergency and local prefectural no-travel requests, it was time for the steed and I to chase the horizon once more.
(more…)Hakone All Star Run for The Machine’s Bday
Great run out around Hakone with the Kanagawa Riders for the big man’s birthday. Nature really turned on the views and the roads were near on empty.
Check out the pics and captions below for the day’s events…
(more…)Slow Day Sunday – 2
From delicous fruits to cool refreshing waterfalls and mountain climes to the aftermath of seasonal flooding and the loss of great roads.
It was great to Fuji out and proud too!
(more…)Slow day Sunday
What a great day! Perfect morning after heavy rains with a coolish run out to the Minami Alps if Yamanashi in an attempt to get over into Shizuoka…alas, it was no to be.
Did get to see and ride plenty of other cool stuff though.
(more…)Farewell 2020… Can’t say I’m going to miss you!
Got out for a leisurely 320km through Izu to see out the year.
What a strange year. The plague, society and business grinding to a halt…
But the MT10SP become a worthy Touge Express steed!
(more…)Bones and Coasts to Coast to…
Left home in the cool pre-dawn for what I thought would be a morning excursion but one thing lead to another and before I knew it I’d gone Coast to Coast and still had to get home, which is near the coast so…
(more…)Goldenweek Wander – Part 7 – Homeward bound…
A great end to a good long ride!
(more…)Goldenweek Wander – Part 6
Scrabbling around the mountain passes…gates and all!
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