It seems like bicycle is the primary form of transportation here. From young kids to grandmas and grandpas, every where you go, people are riding their bikes. This just an example of bike parking, taken at Toys R Us in Kameido.
Not to be left out of the fun (and necessity) of owning a bike, I picked out one of the few bikes that would actually fit me. I decided on a Mountain bike by Giant (the 4500SE Rock, to be exact). It was pretty reasonably priced at around $250 US. Keep in mind, most Japanese ride piece of shit bikes known as mama-chari, so my ride is a Rolls-Royce in comparison.
So, today, I'm going for a ride on this great bike path by a river and am having a grand old time, despite the fact that I am terribly out of shape. I decide to take a little rest and watch these guys screw around with their gasoline powered RC cars.
Its pretty fun watching them race their shit up and down the hill, but it is pretty noisy. All of a sudden, I hear a really loud engine, which sounds like its from the biggest RC car ever. I turn around and was completely shocked to see this guy taking off, only 30-50 feet away from us:
Crazy Japanese...every day is an adventure here!
Not to be left out of the fun (and necessity) of owning a bike, I picked out one of the few bikes that would actually fit me. I decided on a Mountain bike by Giant (the 4500SE Rock, to be exact). It was pretty reasonably priced at around $250 US. Keep in mind, most Japanese ride piece of shit bikes known as mama-chari, so my ride is a Rolls-Royce in comparison.
So, today, I'm going for a ride on this great bike path by a river and am having a grand old time, despite the fact that I am terribly out of shape. I decide to take a little rest and watch these guys screw around with their gasoline powered RC cars.
Its pretty fun watching them race their shit up and down the hill, but it is pretty noisy. All of a sudden, I hear a really loud engine, which sounds like its from the biggest RC car ever. I turn around and was completely shocked to see this guy taking off, only 30-50 feet away from us:
Crazy Japanese...every day is an adventure here!