My best cycling in 2018

This is my best cycling in 2018. The couse was from Suwa Lake to Utukusi-ga-hara, via Wada Pass and the Venus Line in Nagano Prefecture, Jap...

Happy New Year, 2018!

Happy New Year, 2018! 「福如雲」 written by Kazuyo, my wife. Happiness comes again and again, but you can't catch happiness easily....

Cycling with my wife

I sometimes go cycling with my wife. She is just a beginner and 152 centimeter tall. Although she can't climb long steep hills, she is full ...

Climb to Koya-san

Mount Koya, or Koya-san(高野山 800m), is the center of Shingon Buddhism, and one of the most famous sacred sites of Japanese Buddhism. Kukai (7...

Totoro Trail and the flying carp

Totoro trail reminds us of 'My Neighbor Totoro', and is very popular among many hikers and cyclists. You can enjoy viewing the flying carp, ...

Ride to Ise

My exercise in April is to move across the Kii Peninsula, or 'ride to Ise'. Yesterday was a nice day to go for a cycling. I left my home at ...

Cherry blossoms and my bike

at Hamadera Park

Shimanami Kaido Cycling

I always want to go somewhere far away, somewhere I don't know. So I often go cycling on weekends when I'm tired from work. It's my pleasure...

Happy New Year, 2017!

春の海, written by Kazuyo, my wife. It means "The sea in spring".

Go Cycling

I've been busy throughout the last year, so I couldn't post so many articles. After London trip in last April, I hurt my heels and couldn'...

Happy New Year, 2016!

無彊福, written by my wife. It means "Infinite Happiness".

Renew my passport

I went to renew my passport with my wife. I took a picture from the window of the passport center. The other side of this bridge is Kansai I...

Walking Hampstead Heath (the Last Day in London)

April 11th. Today is practically the last day of my London trip. All I'll do tomorrow is to leave London from Gatwick Airport. My daughter h...

Literary Walk in London

Once Chelsea was outside of London. There was a big residence of Thomas More in Chelsea. The place might be where Chelsea Old Church stands...

The 7th Day in London

April 10th. Many tourists take a day tour to the west, for example, Cotswolds, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stonehenge or Oxford. So, I wanted...

The 6th Day in London

April 9th, my daughter is to take me Buckingham Palace to see the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard today. We are going to get together ...

The 5th Day in London

April 8th. Today, we took a day trip out to Cotswolds . My daughter had made a reservation in advance. The departure point was in front of G...

Walking Regent's Canal (4th day)

Since I walked for long time everyday and was very tired, I was going to rest myself today without hard walking. But I was not able to spend...

Walking the River Lea (3rd day)

It was about five years ago that I got interested in the River Lea and hoped to walk for the the first time. I happened to know that the Riv...

The 2nd Day in London

Today, my daughter is going to guide me to some tourist spots in London. The meeting spot is Piccadilly Circus at noon. I left the hotel a l...

The First Day in London

I arrived at Heathrow Airport in the afternoon on April 3rd. I was able to find my daughter soon at the arrival lobby. We headed for the Ho...

Memories of a Geisha

Memories of a Geisha published in 1997 is a story of a geisha who was born in a poor fishing village in northern Kyoto around the end of ...

Spring has come!

Spring has come. It was too hot yesterday. Since I had done my work sooner than I assumed at Yodoyabashi in Osaka City, I had a plen...

Happy New Year!

景雲飛, written by my wife. It means "Joyous clouds wave in the sky."

Christmas market

I've been very busy since the middle of August. I have to get up early in the morning and I have to be late at night in my office. So I can'...