It was late November, and there were still autumn colours to be found. I cycled across Tokyo to Akihabara, and met Steve and his bike on the Tsukuba Express to Tsukuba. After a second breakfast of fast food, it was on the bikes up the road to Tsukuba-san (Mt Tsukuba). The sun was shining, the roads… Continue reading Cycling trip to Tsukuba 22 Nov 2008
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Tsukuba-san with Dim
My friend Dim & I had a good day yesterday up in Tsukuba, a town about an hour north-east of Tokyo. We intended to climb Tsukuba-san, the smallest and easiest to climb of Japan’s “Hyaku-mei-san” (100 famous mountains), but also probably the most famous other than Fuji-san. Tsukuba-san is around 800 metres high, and has… Continue reading Tsukuba-san with Dim