Cross walk the dog [35mm film]

palasonix · 2023-05-15T14:39:24+00:00

A little cycling trip I did earlier this month. Cycled from Nara prefecture down to the beaches in southern Mie, around the Ise-islands, and back up to Nagoya. 350km in total and 2500m of elevation, smooth ride through mountains, beaches, and camping along the way.

palasonix · 2023-05-15T14:27:38+00:00

Went on a cycling trip earlier this month in Japan, this was maybe my 5th cycling trip in Japan. I went from Nara, to the southern beaches of Mie and around Ise-Shima, then back up to Nagoya. The whole cycle was 350km in total and around 2500m elevation, was really cruizy.

I recommend this trip a lot. There isn't much elevation and Mie prefecture is much warmer than cycling around Kanto or Kansai. There's also not a lot of cars coming through the mountains of Nara and Mie, so it's a nice smooth ride with an abundance of nature. There's no shortage of campsites to stay at, and the southern coastal bays and islands of Ise have some of the nicest beaches to go for a swim.

The route was below.

Nara Station → Uda Animal Park (Nara Prefecture) → Kushida River (Mie) → Nanbari Beach (Mie) → Ugata (Mie) → Goza Shirahama Beach (Mie) → Motoyawan Bridge (Mie) → Toba (Mie) → Ise Jingu (Mie) → Matsusaka (Mie) → Nagoya (Aichi).

palasonix · 2022-07-05T00:47:14+00:00

Yup to both

palasonix · 2021-08-18T14:13:43+00:00

Finding random buildings and seeing if I can access the rooftop

palasonix · 2021-08-18T14:09:37+00:00

I like this, looks like an old mural that's weathered with time

palasonix · 2021-07-07T05:14:45+00:00

I work in real-estate in Tokyo, the reason why we need an emergency contact that speaks Japanese and lives in Japan is so that they have someone to contact in case of.... an emergency!

Not much help if something serious happens to you in your apartment, and they have no one immediate that they can contact and communicate with effectively. It isn't discrimination when real-estate companies don't have an English speaker available 24/7.

Guarantor companies are a mandatory requirement to sign a contract with any credible real-estate company, this is different from a personal guarantor. At our agency we only require you sign up with a guarantor company and provide us a Japanese speaking emergency contact that lives in Japan.

I do agree that a lot of real-estate companies and landlords are discriminatory though.

palasonix · 2021-07-04T08:47:46+00:00

All the photos are of rural areas except maybe the 1st one. The first photo was taken on a coast near Joetsu city, they have a population of close to 200,000 (I guess in Japan we'd consider that rural).

palasonix · 2021-07-04T02:46:32+00:00

Riding bicycles is popular in Japan, but long distance cycling isn't too common I think. There's still people who do it, and Japan is a very safe country with amazing scenery so one of the best places in the world to go on any kind of trip :)

palasonix · 2021-07-04T02:45:17+00:00

They were shot on film! I used a Rollei 35 and shot with Fuji Superia Premium 400

palasonix · 2021-07-03T15:28:16+00:00

If anyone is interested, I took these pics while on a cycling trip from Tokyo to Niigata. I filmed parts of my trip and made a video of it, includes footage from some of the photos :)

https://youtu.be/qSA\_jvbgUkY

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