Reading Time: 1 minute Not often I get to post about a new date ‘era’ or jidai here in Japan, so I might as well. As some may know, […] Read More
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Japan has a specific term for abandoned (or even lost) buildings or ruins – haikyo 廃墟. This petrol station (gas station / ガソリンスタンド) was certainly […] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute Last month a large group of us got together for our annual toy run in Kanagawa. I did a brief write -up on RideApart.com if […] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute At the tail-end of Golden Week this year (May 5th to be exact) I took part in Touge Express’ 2017 Coast to Coast Twistybutt, an […] Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes We were up in Shiga Kogen (Nagano Prefecture) again a few weeks ago for yet more snow fun, and decided to go and see the […] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute A modern motorcycle has a number of safety systems built into it to help the rider stay safe, but we all know you’re also at […] Read More
Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s a little known requirement that you have to go on a full day out on your motorbike within a week of getting it. Actually, […] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute Happy New Year 2017. This year, for the first time in 9 years, I was back in the UK for Xmas and New Year, and […] Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes A few weeks ago we were down at the beach near Enoshima, where it was the closing hanabi of the Summer festival season – yes, […] Read More
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’d never been to a motorcycle show, so when the 43rd annual Tokyo Motorcycle Show rolled around this year, I decided I should take the […] Read More