Posts in Japan

Bye Japan!

70 days in Japan. 25 days cycling across it and 45 days working in Tokyo were more than enough, perhaps too much.

JapanNicolás Marino25 January 2014conduct, cycling, daisuke nakanishi, experience, feeling, japan, rigidity, society, strict, tokyo, touring

Japanese style extravangaza

During these 70 days in the most technologically developed country of the planet, we've seen many amazing things. At some level, after some time of being here, one feels that the

JapanNicolás Marino20 January 2014adventure, bicycle, cycling, dogs, excess, future, gambling, japan, luxury, pachinko, price, sex, shibuya, slot, technology, toilet, touring

One Year on the Road

After leaving Kyoto, we finally entered the last stretch to Tokyo. It was a road in the future towards the future. We decided to cycle the 550 km along route 1, the road that

JapanNicolás Marino26 December 2013adventure, autumn, bullet train, cycling, fall, fuji, fuji-san, future, ginza, hostel, japan, luxury, mount fuji, nagoya, tokyo, touring, traffic, work

A Zen Experience

Arriving in Honshu is entering the most developed part of Japan and also the coldest from a human perspective. It is the true gateway to a couple of centuries later,

JapanNicolás Marino22 December 2013japan, kyoto, osaka, zen, temples, honshu, future, autumn

A Little Bit of Nature

Despite the virtually infinite urban continuum along Japanese routes, there are some places where there is relatively a higher proportion of nature. Needless to say, it is never

JapanNicolás Marino11 December 2013autumn, bicycle, canyon, cycling, foliage, harley davidson, japan, koboke, misaki, motrocycle, oboke, shikoku, touring

Illusion of Perfection

Getting to Japan is like leaving the present and take a leap into the future, at least technologically (I hope!). Even coming from Korea, which is on the right track to become "the future" soon, the impact is remarkable.

JapanNicolás Marino25 November 2013atomic bomb, bicycle, cycling, fukuoka, future, japan, kyushu, museum, nagasaki, touring