20100322

Sakura coming into bloom

Sakura near my place started to bloom 6 days earlier than average year.

Sakura at Zenkoji-river Greenbelt (善福寺側緑地: Zenkoji-gawa Ryokuchi)


Inokashira-pond (井の頭池)

Starting point of Kanda-river (神田川)

Saigoyama Park (西郷山公園: Saigoyama-koen)

Had char-grilled chicken here

20100321

Biked along R134

I went to Enoshima and Kamakura to practive composing/decomposing my bike and putting it into a carry bag bought few months ago.

Took more than one hour to decompose and put into a bag the first time for practice.
I realized that a stand should be removed as well. I decided not to bring the stand.

It was already 14:00 when arrived at Katase-Enoshima Station.

Composing my bike at Katase-Enoshima Station


I didn't master how to set the rear wheel yet so I had to struggle at the windy station for a while. I lost a tiny spring, a part of a stabilizer of the rear frame after using only once. 


Today was so windy that I could see a lot of splash of sea waves from above the cliff of Enoshima Island. The wind was so strong (30 meters per second!) that I once couldn't kick the pedal and had to get off on the flat road of Enoshima shopping mall.

Me in Enoshima

I biked along Route 134 from Enoshima to Kamakura. It was sandy and I sometimes cannot open my eyes well. The condition was bad, but I found riding different place is very fun. Imagine the first pedaling when you rent a bike at a sightseeing place and the bike is yours! The wind followed me strongly on the way so I could go faster with passing so many jammed cars. I enjoyed it very much.



20100313

Kawagoe Visit

I went to Kawagoe by Seibu Shinjuku Line.




This panel places Kawagoe Castle in the upper right; the distance of Kawagoe-Kaido is omitted to show the castle in the view of Edo indicating the importance of the city at that time.

Old style houses remain since before W.W.II

Toki no Kane (Bell of Time) rings electrically at 18:00.

Next time I would like to go by bike.