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Gaijin on a Push Bike - Day 35
Tuesday 23rd August 2005 – Lake Hamana to Shizuoka (浜名湖 – 静岡市)Presents – Mount Fuji photographs, haircut discount, fish restaurant discount, postcards, GuinnessAfter a couple of months of neglect, my...
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Gaijin on a Push Bike - Day 36
Wednesday 24th August 2005 – Shizuoka to Fuji City (静岡 – 富士市)I had set my alarm to allow just enough time to throw on some clothes and head downstairs for breakfast, which was coffee and toast. Nothing...
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Thursday 25th August 2005 – Rest day, Fuji City (富士市)It wasn’t exactly tempestuous when I opened the curtains, but it certainly was raining, and dull, and grey, and hardly worth getting up for. After...
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Gaijin on a Push Bike - Day 38
Friday 26th August 2005 – Fuji City to Yamato (富士市 – 大和)Presents received – two tomatoes, one bottle of Aquarius, grapesPresents given – dinnerMy fear was that the Category Two Super Typhoon would...
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Saturday 27th August 2005 – Yamato to Komaba-Todaimae (大和 – 駒場東大前)Checkout time was ten thirty, so I set my alarm for ten-fifteen, had a very quick shower and dropped my key at reception at...
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Sunday 28th August 2005 – Rest day, Tokyo (東京)Presents received – bookPresents given – several beersHaving availed myself of the Field Middles’ futon, food, drink, shower, bath, washing machine and...
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Monday 29th August 2005 – Rest day, Tokyo (東京)Presents received – lunchPresents given – pint of CarlsbergRenting an apartment can be a difficult business if you are foreign, because many landlords are...
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Tuesday 30th August 2005 – Komaba-Todaimae to Lake Kasumigaura (駒場東大前 – 霞ヶ浦)Presents received – four nigiriThere was one very important job to do before leaving the Middle Fields’ house, and that was...
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Gaijin on a Push Bike - Day 43
Wednesday 31st August 2005 – Lake Kasumigaura to Mito (霞ヶ浦 – 水戸)A long, straight, flat road, newly tarmacked to a smooth, shiny finish, with bright white stripes down the middle; a chain so well oiled...
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I am pretty sure that I drove to work the next day, and everything caught up with me after lunch, when the students at my junior high school were taking part in soji-jikan. In order to set a good...
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