[Fast Eddy]

Random bike-related pics I took while touring around Japan. Someone please notify me if beer is ever deemed non-bike-related.

Cherry-blossom poacher in Asakusa.

Why can't we have nice things too? The car-park was half-empty.

Gyoza is magical in Utsunomiya, with some nice hot sake.

Cycling sculpture on the parking structure, Tsuruta Station, Utsunomiya-shi, Japan.

$8 Guiness in Matsumoto. At least the clover pour was a nice touch.

Just a short time later, a hand-pulled Yona Yona Pale Ale, from Nagano Prefecture. Oishii...

The bad things I saw in Yokohama...

To be fair this was in a really quite park section. The whole park was not off limits.

Easily eclipsed by this Baird Barleywine from their American BBQ and public taproom.

Sweet street bike in Yokohama.

Triple mom's electric-assisted bike in Yokohama.

City bike rental in Yokohama.

 

[Moe Ped]

Easily eclipsed by this Baird Barleywine from their American BBQ and public taproom.

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Bring me back a bottle

 

[modbog]

Random bike-related pics I took while touring around Japan. Someone please notify me if beer is ever deemed non-bike-related.

example 1: i spilled the ____.

Cherry-blossom poacher in Asakusa.

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hah!

 

[Fast Eddy]

Bring me back a bottle

I'm already back. I considered bringing a bottle back for Francois, the Ubeerlord, but I realized the odds of it surviving the first several moments in my possession were about zero, so I didn't take the time to go by the pub on the way to the station.

I drank a bunch of that Yona Yona in 12 oz cans. I've been looking for a source of it here, but no luck so far. It was very drinkable. Like SNPA, but way smoother. The hand-pulled pints were yummy. I had two of those, even though they were about $8.

Since I've been back, I've been renewing my love affair with Lagunitas Sucks and, even better, Undercover Shutdown. Oishii...

 

[singlespeed.org]

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FYI: Ganko Oyaji means "stubborn old man"

 

[oaklandish]

Perhaps now you can answer me this? What is a Pocari, and why would I want to drink its Sweat?

 

[GoGoGordo]

Thank's Ed.
Good stuff from the Far east.
Brings back great memories.
I went twice, a Loooooonnnngg time ago.
My good friends wife is from Yokohama and they go twice a year.
All I hear about is bikes and beer.
Big sigh.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Perhaps now you can answer me this? What is a Pocari, and why would I want to drink its Sweat?

Hmm. Good question. Let's ask Wiki: Pocari Sweat - Wiki

Calpis is another one. There's a link in the Pocari Sweat page.

Thank's Ed.
Good stuff from the Far east.
Brings back great memories.
I went twice, a Loooooonnnngg time ago.
My good friends wife is from Yokohama and they go twice a year.
All I hear about is bikes and beer.
Big sigh.

Go.

 

[oaklandish]

I take it you didn't partake in the sweat drink?

I got a laugh out of that stuff when I was there for six weeks back in 99'. I definitely want to go back when my daughter is a bit older and will begin to understand/appreciate the value of travel and difference between the cultures.

Thanks for sharing the images.