All told, I rotate between four middle schools and around nine or so elementary schools. Back when I first arrived in Japan my reputation for unicycling sometimes preceeded me (apparently word travels fast), so it wasn’t uncommon for me to show up to a school and they already start asking me about unicycles. This particular […]

Oh, the musical opportunities I’ve been passing up here.
This evening Beth was able to go back in time and mingle in with a bunch of goth high school Japanese girls–the fantasy of many men and a dream come true for Beth, I’m sure. You see, tonight Beth fulfilled this fantasy by attending Dir en grey’s […]

Let’s get this straight.
I’m trying to buy unicycle parts from a Korean company (warning: you might get extremely pumped by going to that site) that uses Won. The Korean company just opened up an international site that lists prices in Euros. I’m paying with my US Chase bank account that has funds I converted from […]

A few weeks back I was unicycling up northwest of Iizaka-Onsen, which is a city about a 25-minute train ride north of Fukushima. While heading down the narrow mountain highway I came across a little rest area, so I pulled in to give my legs some rest. I quickly realized that I had pulled into […]

Taking a unicycle (or a bike if that’s what floats your boat) on the shinkansen was highly uneventful. The main requirement is that you make sure that it is contained in some sort of bag/box/etc. Once that’s out of the way, it’s generally smooth sailing. I carried my unicycle through the ticket gates, up to […]

Tomorrow I’m testing to see if people care if I take my 36er on the Shikansen. Bike bags are required to take bikes on any train in the country, so last night I went out to a hardware store to find something I could use. I didn’t want to spend the money on a real […]

I’ve been seeing a lot of signs for the Bandai-Azuma Skyline around the city, as it seems that most major roads here have a sign telling you how to get there. I looked into what it was, and apparently it’s quite a scenic highway that goes along the ridges of mountains, providing an very nice […]