tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25891471802010281742024-03-21T01:38:53.089-07:00Cycling Japan on a bamboo bikeDuboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-70978117107763620072018-06-30T15:58:00.001-07:002021-04-09T07:44:17.017-07:00Find me on a map<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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Originally, I had not planed to stop at Tokyo. I thought I'd continue from Fuji further north. However, during the trip I realized that without the ability to communicate with the locals, I am getting to the point of 'seen that, done this' feeling. Shrines and temples were pretty much the same as those previously seen, the views almost the same, so Mount Fuji was a good place to end my trip. But, since I could not take my bicycle on the train, I cycled to the western outskirts of Tokyo. This was the downhill treat for the past few cycling days of uphill. So mount Fuji was not to be the last point of the trip.</div>
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After a day off, which I used for visiting Tokyo's city center (a train ride), I continued by bicycle the next day to Tokyo, found a bicycle store that gave me a carton box for my bicycle, and there was the end of my trip and visit to Japan.</div>
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Before arriving to the point from which I was to climb, I could see Fuji from 54km away!<br />
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The mountain is just short of 4,000 meters above sea level while the surrounding mountains are less than 2,000. So it was visible most of the way until I got close to the mountains.<br />
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All I had was 34 km to go, and I'd be there. The first 15 where a mild, yet constant, up hill cycle. The next 7km where less mild... The last 2.5 km where very steep. From an elevation of roughly 800 meters above sea level to 1,100. But on the bright side, this was a shortcut that took me off the main road to a beautiful forest path.<br />
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I reached the other side just to discover that the mountain was covered with clouds. I found a backpackers' hotel in town. Although the room was Japanese style, the other occupants were predominantly western.<br />
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This meant that for the first time on this trip, I had actual conversations with an Australian couple, a Brit and two Canadians. But most amazing was my conversation with Masa, the Japanese receptionist who had lived in Jordan for three years and <u style="font-weight: bold;">cycled Israel from Mount Hermon to Eilat!!</u> He was extremely knowledgeable on all matters Japanese. History, geography and points of interest in, but not only, Japan.<br />
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After two nights in the hostel, based on the recommendation given to me by Saba, I headed to Tokyo.Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-85128410520279742812018-06-11T00:41:00.000-07:002018-06-11T06:15:55.497-07:00From Kyoto towards Mount Fuji<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-c67fc1c9-edc3-37ac-dae5-86d2b59423ba" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I thought that I’d cycle for a few days, reach Fuji-San (the Japanese name of the mountain), stay a day or two and then make my way to the Tokyo airport and get a plane to Okinawa where my flight home awaits me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All above indeed happened. But I was reminded of the </span><a href="https://truthbook.com/stories/funny-god/the-drowning-man" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">joke</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about getting signs… The rear gears started to make strange noises. I did my best to fix them and I seemed to have managed. Then there was a thumbtack stuck i my front wheel. I have self sealing tubeless tires, so that took care of itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then I heard another noise. It was the front brake pads and brake disks. This is a typical wear and tear event, especially after so many kilometres of up and down hills and mountains. I have spare brake pads but not the brake disk (rotor). Found a shop, and was good to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bamboo is an amazing material. Any other frame would have to be scrapped immediately upon the discovery. Last year, I discovered a crack 7,000 km before the end the trip… So I was not worried this time.</span></div>
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-81376684099107937252018-05-31T03:16:00.000-07:002018-05-31T05:20:04.344-07:00A tale of two citiesI am referring to Osaka and Kyoto together, not only because of their geographical proximity, but because both are modern cities that are built around the ruins or remains of castles, shrines and temples of a long gone era.<br />
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Despite the attempts to hold on to the past, the Osaka castle, for example, restored this last time in a way that from the outside, one may think that a castle is ahead of them, but inside, a modern museum with elevators, computer screens and gift stores are to be found.<br />
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Osaka itself is a modern city. Nevertheless, a once a week market, that encapsulates and old tradition of bargaining takes place. I was lucky to be in Osaka on a weekend so I got to bargain with a local while being interviewed by a Tokyo TV network.<br />
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Later on, one of the sellers in the market recognized me and invited me to join her running group for a BBQ that evening.<br />
This was my first social event in Japan. It turns out that hardly anyone in the group actually runs, but the do enjoy a beer and grilled meat and veggies.<br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-39486425759322333962018-05-26T22:47:00.001-07:002018-05-26T22:47:30.733-07:00Temple or ShrineShikoku is famed for the pilgrimage of 88 temples.<br />
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I crossed over, by ferry, to Honshu, the main island to learn a bit more about Japan.<br />
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A temple is a Buddhists place of worship, while a Shrine is for the Shinto religion.<br />
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I learned this when asking a Shinto high priest to explain to me about the Temple. "Not temple, shrine!" He calmly explained.<br />
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I noticed that when you see statues of animals or humans, you are at a Buddhist temple. Graves of important lords or priests typically mean that you are in a shrine.<br />
A shrine is more modest, as far as I have seen so far, than a temple.<br />
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A shrine<br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-63181337104562255442018-05-23T05:55:00.002-07:002018-05-23T05:55:34.242-07:00Funny wordsSo, Japan uses three different character sets.<br />
(source: <a href="http://www.japanese-lesson.com/characters">http://www.japanese-lesson.com/characters</a>/)<br />
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The Chinese (Kanji), Hiragana (an actual alphabet) and Katakana (for words adopted from other languages). They also use Roman (English...) letters for foriegers' sake.<br />
However, I think I found a new form of letters and language. Otherwise how do we explain this billboard of YOL hotels<br />
(The YOL invited in non daily life is tasted)<br />
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But the also put near the entrance a sign that looked to me as if the are saying:<br />
We welcome Americans....<br />
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It was a rainy day, and I get to see some beautiful views:<br />
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...just to get to my room and to find that my toilet is....<br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-24351266330978326082018-05-21T20:50:00.001-07:002018-05-21T20:52:18.496-07:00WordsHaving a conversation here is rare. So, as I am, in part, on the pilgrimage route of 88 Buddhist temples, I thought I may meet some foreigners en route.<br />
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Today I met a Catholic missionary and his nephew, both from Holland, and had a short exchange.<br />
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The uncle has been on this Shikoku route three times already. He finds that for him, he is somewhere in between these two theologies.<br />
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According to him, Christians who left the Holy land on the silk road arrived to China and left a stone with an inscription of the <a href="http://faithhomegwd.net/pages/eight_principles_beatitudes.html" target="_blank">eight recovery principles based on the Beatitudes</a>.<br />
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In the eighth century, a Japanese lord who was not satisfied by his Shinto religion traveled to China to learn about Buddhism, saw this Christian stone and merged the two to a new style of Buddhism.<br />
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I have no idea if any of this is true, but this is one pilgrim's belief.<br />
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Another pilgrim I just happened to see on this pilgrimage route:<br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-34017140195656474432018-05-21T16:18:00.001-07:002018-05-21T17:06:25.740-07:00From Nagasaki, Kyushu to ShikokuThe path I took leaving Nagasaki and heading to see a few of the temples in Shikoku, turned out to be more of a cycling adventure than a sightseeing one.<br />
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I cycled through picturesque views, had a few rainy days and took some nice pictures.<br />
The entire album is here (<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/pr2jE2dmr89FKvAA8">https://photos.app.goo.gl/pr2jE2dmr89FKvAA8</a>)<br />
A sample of pics:<br />
Pupils of all ages have uniforms (pants for boys, skirts for girls & shirt).<br />
Primary school kids have a hat too!<br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-37215773544714052982018-05-16T04:24:00.001-07:002018-05-16T04:24:43.333-07:00Jeffrey Emanuel - Nagasaki<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5e9d86c8-68a4-c631-ad9d-ba63cca91168" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The only reason I visited Nagasaki is because my father, daddy as I used to call him, was in Nagasaki half a year after the bomb. He must have been 22 at the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My father, who circled the world as a radio operator in the British Royal Navy during WWII, was in Hong Kong and was sent with his friends to see the devastation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They took just a few pictures.</span><br />
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My father is on the bottom left.<br />
By coincidence, the one on the left of the top row was a cousin of my mother (long before my parents met).<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">And here what it looks like today.</span><br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-22676365490696997142018-05-14T14:49:00.003-07:002018-05-14T14:49:52.927-07:00BambooIt was so nice to see, for the first time, bamboo growing in nature. The dense forest area was a very pretty sight.<br />
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I have been building bicycle frames, from time to time, in the padst six years, and have been cycling on my bamboo bikes with such joy and passion, that being here, In Japan, face to face, bamboo bike and bamboo forest, was a special moment for me.<br />
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-31437118647035674592018-05-14T14:34:00.001-07:002018-05-17T15:40:01.123-07:00Kagoshima, heading towards NakasakiI was on my way to a bicycle shop that also handles mountain bikes (there really are no mountain riders or professional mountain bikes here).<br />
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Along the way, I saw an entrance to the temple. The first manned temple I had reached. The Buddhist priest, Takahisa, showed me the place and showed me how to wash my hands with the special ladle and how to bow to the gods.<br />
He asked for and received a small contribution. He said the gods were happy.<br />
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When one enters the bathing area there is a dressing. Usually one is supplied with a small towel that is not to be used on one's face but for washing the body. However, on this location, this towel was not provided. In the bathroom there are shower on one side of the room and on the other side, a small pool. Hot water runs into the pol on one side and flows out on the other (ie there is constant water change). There was one other bather.</div>
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<br />Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-26866944539878257322018-05-10T20:18:00.000-07:002018-05-10T20:18:04.752-07:00Amami<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5e9d86c8-4d27-c267-bbf1-459c55cf9206" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amami is a relatively large island with higher mountains than the previous islands I visited. On the northern side there is the main town, Naze, while the rest of the island has small villages spread apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Towards evening I reached a small village and had a nice traditional dinner. The woman who pointed me to the restaurant was kind enough to show me to her nephew’s lodge, so I also got a good night’s sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anyhow, this island hopping has come to an end. I will hit the mainland in Kagoshima, a 12 hour ferry. Luckily ferries have sleeping areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This huge ferry pulls over and out come people, cars, motorbikes and containers. Moments later a new bunch, including me and my bamboo bicycle do the reverse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I got to see my first shrine here. Attached to the shrine, there is a gift shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I couldn't find a reasonably priced motel or one with vacancy after cycling all Day in Okinawa. I had a great day cycling and it was already dark. As usual, fortune takes over. I got to Mission Beach. Down the path, a turn to the left,and there it is. A camping ground on the seafront. Packed with Japanese campers, mainly families, I got to the office and I was offered a small plot (they were full, but still they couldn’t,I guess, turn me down).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It turns out that this is a diving center too! I showed Aki, the instructor, my PADI diving licence issued back in 1980, and after gasping a couple of times, she approved my request to dive with her the next day. So, the next day after she and the other instructor, Muro, managed to fit me with the suit and gear, off we went. I have the DVD…..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I continued cycling north until I got to the port from which I was to leave Okinawa for Yoron, the next island. Just across from the port there is a little village. I got to the first B&B to find that there is no vacancy, but did have a mini restaurant. The second B&B also was full, but the third had room. While waiting for the room to be prepared by the wife and her daughter, I was invited into their home and sat with the 90 year old husband and the 3 year old granddaughter. He still practices Karate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a nice shower I went to inquire about dinner. I made a reservation for Seven O’clock p.m. When I got there, my hosts, all four of them, were there, having their dinner. Since there is room only for four adults in this tiny restaurant, I was seated with them. We talked, with Google Translate App, which is a lifesaver, about food that Jews can eat (observant Jews cannot eat in Japan…).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When my hosts were about to leave, the restaurant owner and cook, Sumaki informed me that they had paid for my meal. Oy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next morning I went for breakfast too. The food was so good at dinner that I knew that breakfast will be amazing too. It was.</span></div>
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Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-70951158654113957372018-05-04T15:25:00.002-07:002018-05-05T01:28:55.543-07:00Okinawa, first day.<div dir="ltr">
After a nice breakfast, rice and vegetables and a coffee, I headed up to Shikina-En, the residence of the Ryukyus royal family at the end of the 18th century (<a href="http://www.city.naha.okinawa.jp/kakuka/kyouikubunkazai/bunkazai/shikinaen.html">http://www.city.naha.okinawa.jp/kakuka/kyouikubunkazai/bunkazai/shikinaen.html</a>). There is a route that one has to follow. Before entering the main building, one has to remove one's shoes as the home has wooden floors.<br />
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I continued to the Shiriju Castle. I took as many village roots to avoid traffic. Towards the end, I had to push the fully loaded bicycle up a steep set of stairs, but it was worth it.</div>
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Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-87282471943293792742018-05-03T06:25:00.000-07:002018-05-03T14:53:27.185-07:00The way to Japan and the first evening<div dir="ltr">
Well, Sat on a plane for over 10 hours from Tel Aviv to Hong Kong. The food was great and the service amazing. Cathay Pacific live up to their reputation. <br />
Despite a deley on the connection to Naha airport in Okinawa, the next flight was short and I managed to sleep a bit.</div>
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I arrived in Japan and started to put my bike together ,attached the packs and rode into Naha where I found a nice hotel. My first Japanese toilet (with the shower, as they call it).</div>
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After a nice hot (real) shower, I went to eat. Just across from the hotel there is nice restaurant. All the sea food was fresh and raw. The lobster was still moving, but then they come and take it and make a soup from it.</div>
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I am still in shock that I ate all that raw stuff.</div>
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Duboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833069910541614469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589147180201028174.post-28838529370599072432018-04-12T07:06:00.000-07:002018-04-30T08:22:26.700-07:00Trip Announcement<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This year, I am
going to Japan!</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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The trip will begin May 3rd, 2018 and is expected to end on June 30th 2018.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I will start in Naha
airport at Okinawa and head north to the main islands via a set of small
islands between Okinawa and the main island Honshu.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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I have no specific route. I will find my way as I go along. I intend to go via
Nagasaki, Hiroshima, the temples of Shikoku, Osaka to Tokyo (maybe) via
the Japanese Alps, Kyoto and Mt. Fuji and whatever else catches my eye along
the way.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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Unlike my trip across America, where my goal was meeting many people while
cycling coast to coast, this trip will focus on the cultural aspect of Japan.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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Not knowing the language, I cannot expect to have conversations with people I
meet on the trail, in restaurants, in campsites or motels. This time I will
have to observe and try to take in as much as I can while the language is in
fact a barrier between me and the locals. And not only the language. The
culture in America was not foreign to me. I had met many Americans prior to my
visit to the U.S. and Canada and had spent three years in the Midwest in the
1980's. Movies and TV give us another angle on American life and besides, there
is not that big a gap between the Israeli and American cultures. So I was not
expecting to be surprised by what I would be running into there.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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Japan, on the other hand, is foreign to me. I know a very little from
movies and TV shows about Japan, I do not understand the culture or language
and I am not familiar with the geography or history. I expect to have new
experiences that I cannot begin to imagine. That is the adventure I am seeking.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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I will be posting here every few days.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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At the top of the blog, you will be able to find the link to a map that will
show my location.</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
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See you then,</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br />
David</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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