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Day 31 Cycling in Sakura Petals
“Sakura, Sakura…” There is an old song called, Sakura, in Japan. Sakura, cherry blossoms, is a national flower of Japan, along with chrysanthemum. The hype around the blooming sakura in the spring is...
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Day 32 Bicycle Is A Magnet Of Happiness! Kind Kumamoto So Stunning
Towards the smell of these sweet chestnut buns, I was cycling north to Kumamoto City from Yatsushiro. Skipping breakfast isn’t a clever thing to do when you’re cycling long distance, but I hadn’t eaten...
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Day 33 Taste of Japanese Art & Spring in Kumamoto
My arrival to Kumamoto the day before was so nice that I decided to stay another day to walk around the town. I actually put on some non-cycling, regular clothes and headed out for a walk. I came by a...
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Day 34-37 A Flat Tire Can’t Stop My Appetite in Nagasaki
The inevitable moment came in the morning just as I was leaving Kumamoto. A flat. As some of you know, I had never been on a bicycle tour before, and that meant I had never ever fixed a flat tire of a...
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Day 38-39 The Sweetest Strawberries in Takeo City, Saga
I said goodbye to my great-aunt and great-uncle in Isahaya City and headed to Saga Prefecture. I came by this long bridge that lead to Nagasaki Airport, which was on a little island. As I cycled up the...
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Day 39-40 I Am Never Alone in Saga City
In life, there are days when things happen one after another. This day when I traveled from Takeo to Saga City, I was somehow never a lone traveler. As I was leaving for Saga City, someone at the...
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Day 40-44 Cycling Home Sweet Home to Delicious Miyama
After spending the night at Bobby and Yori’s in Saga City, I met up with the 65 year old triathlete, the owner of yakitori restaurant, at 10 in the morning. We had promised that we’d cycle together to...
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Day 45 Sakura Onigiri, Mom & Dad’s Obento, Hakata Ramen in Fukuoka
Having spent a few days of family time, once again, it was time to say see you soon. I left home for the second time and cycled off to Fukuoka City. I could actually cycle without a map most of the...
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Day 46 Don’t Want To Leave Kyushu! Cycling Friendly Fukuoka
Choosing which bread to buy in a bakery in Japan can be a time consuming process. Particularly in this bakery where I stopped for breakfast, I had to circle around several times to decide which one to...
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Day 47 Into The Under Water Tunnel! Mojiko To Shimonoseki
I was finally at the end of Kyushu. Mojiko is a port town in Kitakyushu with many retro buildings like this red brick building and the old train station. These European style buildings of the Taisho...
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