This week I spent a night in Hotel Cycle, in a converted warehouse in the port city of Onomichi, Japan. I used it as a base to cycle part of the Shimanami Kaido trail across the Seto Inland Sea. Had I arrived on a bicycle, I could’ve cycled into the building and up to the front…… Continue reading Snapshots: A Night in a Bicycle Hotel
Category: Honshu
Nakasendo Section
Hiked a section of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture. The Nakasendo follows the route of an ancient mail road that ran from Kyoto to Tokyo.
A Night in a Bicycle Hotel
Posted A Night in a Bicycle Hotel.
Cycling the Seto Inland Sea
Cycled above the Seto Inland Sea across bridges and islands.
NRT to MSP View
My view for the next 12 hours, NRT (Tokyo) to MSP.
Uncomfortable Scene, Comfortable Food
Posted Uncomfortable Scene, Comfortable Food.
Jet-Setting
12:30 a.m., Tokyo Haneda, about to board a flight to San Francisco, along with all the other jet-setters.
Once Seen, Not Forgotten
Japanese couple, Nagano.
Inaccessible
The mountains taunted me as I walked around Matsumoto today: the trailhead bus I wanted doesn’t run until mid-April.
Meijimura
Meijimura, huge building museum near Nagoya. Amazed to learn part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel was saved.