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Ruthy Kanagy and Jo-Ann Nicola on Shiretoko Pass in Hokkaido. Ruthy led 10 Bike Friday riders around Hokkaido and Tokyo in July 2006.
FLY YOUR LITTLE WHEELS TO JAPAN!
NEXT UP: OCT. 2008 FALL FOLIAGE IN HOKKAIDO & HISTORIC KYOTO, join us Oct. 6-23. Sorry, this trip is FULL. But email Ruthy with your ideas for a 2009 tour!
See photos from the 2007 Tokyo, Mt. Fuji & Kyoto Tour organized by Ruthy Kanagy, Bike Friday Travel Consultant. We had a great time touring Tokyo and Kyoto with the Japanese Bike Friday community. It was unusually HOT, but great fun. Thank you to 'Cycle Tokyo!' volunteers (contact them if you go to Tokyo), Kansai area BF riders, and BF dealer Mr. Kataoka for guiding us. A highlight was riding 4,000 ft/1,200 meters up Mt. Fuji on our Bike Fridays. Pictures from the 2006 Hokkaido Cycle Tour.
Japanese cyclists love little wheels. There's strong Friday following, thanks to the work of our Japanese dealers and our Ambassador to Asia, Ruthy Kanagy. Here's a collection of travel tales from the land of the rising sun ... the perfect time for an early morning spin!
ABOVE: Japanese Bike Friday owners a bit 'tipsy' after visit Ishikawa Shuzo Sake Distillery along the Tama River. "Of course, we walked our bikes to the nearest railway station to - what else - rinko (literally, go-with-wheels)! That's what folders are good at!" says @nak-san.
From left: Noriaki Kobayashi:Air Glide, Keiko Nagino: SatRDay Sport; nob Kurihara: SatRDay Tour; Masayuki Takemoto: SatRDay Tour; Ats (@nak) Nakamura: Tandem Two'sDay; Mitsuhito Kato: Pocket Llama; Roy Tsuneichiro: Tandem Two'sDay:Taeko (@nak) Nakamura: Tandem Two'sDay; Asako Fujimura: Pocket Crusoe; Kunihisa Narusawa: Pocket Rocket Pro Petite; Rei Moriyama: Pocket Crusoe; Nishiuchi: Pocket Rocket.
JAPANESE FRIDAY OWNERS ON THE ROAD
Honolulu Century 2005 BF Club of HI leader meets and greets
BF Homecoming/Cycle Oregon 2003 several Japanese Fridays came over to help celebrate our 2003 Homecoming
FRIDAYS VISITING JAPAN
Hokkaido & Tokyo Cycle Tour '06 adventure with 8 BF riders from the U.S. and 2 from Australia.
Japan without a Yen Jackie Link goes to Japan
Kyoto meet and Tokyo Cycle Show '04 A big Bike Friday gathering with our Japanese dealers
Air Friday in the Ginza Realbeer.com writer Banjo Bandolas chases down a Sapporo or three on little wheels
Japan Jubilee '03 Alan Scholz is the guest of honor
FRIDAYS IN THE JAPANESE MEDIA
Bike Friday a comic book hero You know you've made it when ...
Friday on Japanese TV Travel Salad program
OTHER
Cycle Tokyo Useful cycling resource maintained by Bike Friday owners in Japan
Bike Friday in a Honda TV commercial BF tandem up in lights
Living Abroad in Japan Ruthy's book
Japan in the BF Gallery How many Japanese names can you spot?
BELOW: Peter Maddalena has ridden Hokkaido twice, and in 2006 on his Bike Friday Crusoe. The verdict: I just got back from 13 days of riding my bike around Hokkaido. I camped every day and rode an average of 75km a day. I climbed a mountain. I was way up north near Russia and it was unusually cold, in the sixties. I was forced to eat nothing but fresh seafood and most of my campsites were next to natural hotsprings. [Heavenly haiku - sign me up! - Ed]
