Archive For The “Unicycling” Category
About three months after I arrived in Japan I got a call from one of my friends who works at the Fukushima International Association. He had apparently received a call from one of the local news stations who had seen a foreigner riding a big unicycle around, and they wanted to do a news story [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]