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Cycling Round The Yamanote Line In The Opposite Direction To 12 Years Ago!

Posted on February 7, 2022 by tokyofox

Within a year or two of completing our initial circuit of the Yamanote Line in 2009, my friend Michael mentioned doing the cycle ride again but in reverse! I immediately dismissed that idea and forgot about it for many, many … Continue reading →

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The Lowdown On Tokyo’s Most Restrictive Tunnel

Posted on February 25, 2017 by tokyofox

  Cycling around Japan is a great way of truly experiencing the sights but there is one thing which is never nice and that’s tunnels. Thanks to ‘A Ride In The Neon Sun: A Gaijin In Japan‘ by Josie Dew (1999), I … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Tokyo Themed Cycling Rides

Posted on September 30, 2014 by tokyofox

With Autumn finally here after a long hot and humid Summer it’s time to get on your bike again and work up a sweat without being completely drenched in it as happens in the overly hot and humid Summer months … Continue reading →

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Cycling The Yamanote Line

Posted on October 25, 2009 by tokyofox

A couple of years ago a colleague wrote an article in our company’s in-house magazine about walking round the Yamanote line which is the circular line connecting most of the main stations in the heart of Tokyo. From that moment on I … Continue reading →

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