Any given saturday
Last weekend I finally had the chance to check out a small spot of natural beauty which I have been passing twice a day, everyday.
3 trainstations before mine there is a small local-only stop. This goes to about 15 houses, an onsen and an abandoned trainline.
This being 3 mere stations from mine it was certainly in biking distance. Though my map stopped at station #2 this did not stop me from taking my steel stallion and heading out. Of course, after station 2 there were mountains and while I am sure it had roads . . . these were not easily found. Luckily for me the station I was going to . . . was a trainstation. The place I could not progress from ALSO was a trainstation. Mighty brain presented a solution. RAWR.
I won’t describe this tour in great detail. I will merely link you to the pictures. I will resist the urge to make fun of Japanese quake-proof building expertise. Or make funnies about how the Japanese hike. And I certainly won’t show you the onsen as it only had “private baths” with rates beginning at ￥16.000 (that’s 90 euros).
But I will leave you with some advice. If you ever live in Japan and you spend 90% of your days indoor working spending a full day out in the sun on a bike. SPF 30 ain’t gonna cut it.
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Quote of the day:
“Hey, uh, hi, can you help me, what’s your name? “My name’s Roosevelt E. Roosevelt.” Roosevelt, what town are you stationed in? “I’m stationed in Poontang.” Well, thank you, Roosevelt. What’s the weather like out there? “It’s hot. Damn hot! Real hat! Hottest things is my shorts. I could cook things in it. A little crotch pot cooking.” Well, can you tell me what it feels like? “Fool, it’s hot! I told you again! Were you born on the sun? It’s damn hot! I saw… It’s so damn hot, I saw little guys, their orange robes burst into flames. It’s that hot! Do you know what I’m talking about?” What do you think it’s going to be like tonight? “It’s gonna be hot and wet! That’s nice if you’re with a lady, but it ain’t no good if you’re in the jungle.” Thank you, Roosevelt.
- Robin Williams/Adrian Cronauer.
Yeah, that quote is totally not relevant to my situation here. This graph represents a real experiment I am doing regarding real temperatures outside. Let’s just say that I don’t play Volleyball at lunch-time anymore. Last time the temp dropped below 28 (at night) was half-june.