Day 4
Daigo, Ibaraki - Nasushiobara, Tochigi
Distance: 81.67 km
Average: 17.6 km/h
Max: 67.8 km/h
Total Distance: 392.41 km

By today the signs of being tired set in. There were lots of mountains to go over, compounded with the first three days’ work catching up to me, and it all adds up to Day 4 having the slowest average riding [...]

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Day 3
Iwaki, Fukushima - Daigo, Ibaraki
Distance: 103.81 km
Average: 18.0 km/h
Max: 59.4 km/h
Total Distance: 310.74 km

The highlight of my ride today was a driver of a car blaring her horn at me while I was in a turn lane waiting to turn. I got pissed. Nothing happened, and as usual the real fun for the day [...]

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Day 2
Minamisoma, Fukushima - Iwaki, Fukushima
Distance: 121.27
Average: 20.3 km/h
Max: 57.5 km/h
Total Distance: 206.92 km

Today was one of those rare days where there weren’t too terribly many mountains to go over. It was largely going down the eastern coast of Fukushima, along the shore of the Pacific. Looking at a map you’d think that would be [...]

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I originally handwrote this while sitting under an outdoor bathroom’s roof overhang while rain poured outside.
Day 1
Distance: 85.65 km
Average: 22 km/h
Max: 70.3 km/h (FAST)
Total Distance: 85.65 km

I left home at about 7:30 am. I headed east on highway 115 to get out of Naka-dori, the valley that Fukushima City is in. The very first 100+ [...]

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Yesterday I returned from my bicycle trip. Due to unexpected situations that arose, I ended up going a few days shorter than expected and also a shorter distance than expected. I had planned on about 1,100 km but in the end went slightly under 900 km. Details will be forthcoming in future entries I’ll write [...]

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Last week I went on a two-day/one-night 200km bicycle trip around Lake Inawashiro. For those who don’t know, Lake Inawashiro is either the third or fourth biggest lake in Japan, depending on who you ask. It lies to the west of the Azuma Mountain Range, while Fukushima City is to the east of said [...]

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I was trying to update every Friday, but that didn’t work out. Too bad.
Anyway, for those who don’t know (which is probably most everyone reading this), as of a few months ago I put my unicycle to the side and bought a new bike. I’ve been wanting to do more distance stuff, and as fun [...]

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If you continue down Highway 114 southeast out of Fukushima City, after about 10km from the extreme outskirts of the city, you’ll come across sleepy little 飯野町, Iino City. It’s a relatively small town, with the population numbering a few thousand people, seemingly most of which are farmers. There wouldn’t really be any discerning reason [...]

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I never really made a post about it, but awhile back I added a map that has all of the locations I (and usually with Beth) have visited while here, plus a short writeup about and usually a photo of the location. Anyway, as of today, April 17, 2008, it has been updated.
Go check it [...]

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Really long-ass post ahead.
IntroductionThe Japanese school system is on a trimester system, with the school year ending in March then beginning in April. Having a merely two week break between the end and beginning of the school years doesn’t really give enough time off to let the batteries fully recharge and make the new school [...]

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