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Tomoe and I have decided on a itinerary for the holiday. I went out and splurged on the Touring Mapple 5 -Kansai (Mapple is the king of maps... I was addicted to them a while back and bought a bunch just to look at) Saturday, and have found that there are nice looking mountains and countryside around the west side of Lake Biwa (BTW, my sister used to live near Lake Biwa in Otsu). We'll probably ride from her place in Osaka (click on the link and look for the little red crosshairs) up through Kyoto where we will spend a day or two, then around the west coast of Lake Biwa and up to the coast of the Japan Sea. Wherever we happen to be on Saturday is where we will hop on a train to Nagoya, where her parents live. Gotta get more memory for my camera. If I take as many pictures each day of the trip as I took today in the park, I will need at least 600MB.
I don't know if it is bad news or good news yet, but I have to buy a new bike. No one has parts for my bike anymore. They have to order them, and there is no way to get them in time. Even if they did, I could buy half a new bike with the same money. My bike is still usable as long as I don't go far, and we have been talking about moving offices, which would take me further from the park, so I can take my old bike to work, and use it to ride around short distances at lunch time.
Plus I'm on a spending roll.
Hey, I thought you were coming to Fukuoka!
I did a route similar to this in Golden Week 1995. I went from Osaka along Yodogawacycling trail to Kyoto, then over to Otsu and around the EAST side of Biwako, over the pass (the only really tough part) to Tsuruga, and then up the Echizen coast to Tojinbo/Awara Onsen in Fukui, and back by train. I called it the "Keep the Water on the Left" tour. I also went around Biwako with my girlfriend (now wife) in 1998 after forcing her to take up cycling.
Hey thanks for the tip. I was really dreading the ride from Osaka to Kyoto cause i figured it would just be riding through crowded streets in dirty air. At least if trhere is a bike trail it wont be crowded.
Stay tuned for lots of photos that are garanteed to bring back memories
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