Urban Bike: Yard Art in a Civil Society

I see things from my bicycle I don’t see from a bus or car.  It might be an old guy on his bicycle, stovepipe hat, bushy beard, archaic black clothes, a character from a Dickens novel. Or a bearded guy cycling the Midtown Greenway in a girlie dress.  They seek attention, or inhabit an alternate… Continue reading Urban Bike: Yard Art in a Civil Society

Hita Station

I can add Hita train station, northern Kyushu, Japan, to my “delighted” list. By any standards, it’s a small station. A single train track enters town, and a single track leaves town. At Hita station, the track fans out into multiple tracks, more than enough to handle the three platforms and the boarding of an… Continue reading Hita Station