Tokyo Rentals

Weekend trip to Miura Kaigan
just joined some japanese and german friends for a short weekend tour, dry and warm weather, all in good mood and the bikes likely smiling, too like horses raring to play outside when the sky is blue..Miura Kaigan is just a short ride, an hour and some minutes from Tokyo on the DaiSanKeihin and Yokohama-Yokosuka toll roads, more time needed on free roads to the seaside south of Kamakura, former capital of Japan some 800 hundred years ago and Yokosuka, one of the japanese homes of the american Navy. From there it is just a stone's throw to the beaches and countryside and it is really a beautiful area, that is ...outside of summer weekends when it may become very crowded. Here are just some pictures and if you like fresh fish then this is one of your places...
All the best
Winni

Tokyo - Osaka Shinkansen Bullet train
has nothing to do with our beloved motorcycles but all of a sudden had to go from Tokyo to Osaka for a business meeting today and here are my thoughts from yesterday evening with realistic fees and travel times for Japan:
car:
a) Highway fees Tokyo - Osaka one way 11330 Yen - around 100 USD !,
b) estimated driving time: 5:30 hrs, distance 515 kilometers
c) gasoline in Japan 1liter High Octane around 1.60 USD, at best our car 10km / per liter, x 50 estimated 80 USD one way- total 100$ fees 80 $ gasoline, 5 and a half hours
alternative: Shinkansen bullet train
a) ticket price: 13000 Yen one way - around 115 USD
b) 2 hours 27 minutes
c) ----------
Took me 30 mins subway to the Shinkansen station Tokyo, departure 10:00 a.m., arrival 12:27, subway Shin Osaka train station to Honmachi 12 minutes , 12:50 meeting with clients.
as most of us often hear about bullet trains but almost no one has used them here are some pictures of today , its a real convenient way to travel from midtown to midtown, no waiting time and hard to believe yet nevertheless the truth and nothing but: arrives 364 days a year exactly the minute, literally it is bound to arrive, absolutely wonderful to plan travel with them...Pictures of today's train, with inside ( sorry missed the girl with the food and drink trolley 5 times, smoked too much I guess ) , explanation on seat in front of you where to find the next smoking - standing only - cabin, where to find a public phone or staff support on the train if needed and some pictures of the track with clients waiting, on the right some vending machines with drinks and snacks nothing more than max 1.50 USD..btw: during travel checked for the first time the internet speed, just was interested and minimum was 12Mbps down and 10 Mbps upload , highest was 18 / 16 Mbps, not earth shattering but consistently with 160 mph speed through the country side not bad either..All for now .. don t want to steal your time
All the best
Winni

Just loaded up the 2 weeks Northern Tour pictures and 2 thirds of text on our touring page Japan Motorcycle Tours, got a bit longer than intended but ..why not ? Enjoy

Tokyo, Lake Chuzenji, Kegon Falls, Irohazaka road, Nikko, Ouchijuku, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Azuma Bandai Skyline, Azuma-Kofuji crater, Hibara Lake - already on 1 week album and from there : Shirataka, Zao Onsen und Zao Okama crater lake,Yamadera, Dainichibo, Kakunodate, Lake Tazawa, Hirosaki, Iwaki skyline, Sannai-Maruyama, Shimokita Peninsula, Lake Towada, Oirase Glen, Shingo, Hiraizumi, Matsushima, Shiobara, Momiji Line down to Ryuokyo Canyon, Kinugawa and home to Tokyo where coincidentally our own neighborhood shrine just a weekend matsuri - festival...