@alexcoxfm.bsky.social A weir on the Karasu (Crow) River in rural Gunma. A Tonbi (Black Kite) is circling overhead.
The cycling road dead-ended here.
The cycling road dead-ended here.
September 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
@alexcoxfm.bsky.social A weir on the Karasu (Crow) River in rural Gunma. A Tonbi (Black Kite) is circling overhead.
The cycling road dead-ended here.
The cycling road dead-ended here.
Any shenanigans like this always remind me of this old meme:
September 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Any shenanigans like this always remind me of this old meme:
Fukushima-Niigata drive 6/6:
Leaving Niigata City, passing over the Shinano River heading home. The now yellow rice fields waiting to be harvested, with Mt Echigo-komagatake on the horizon.
About 530km round trip.
Leaving Niigata City, passing over the Shinano River heading home. The now yellow rice fields waiting to be harvested, with Mt Echigo-komagatake on the horizon.
About 530km round trip.
September 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fukushima-Niigata drive 6/6:
Leaving Niigata City, passing over the Shinano River heading home. The now yellow rice fields waiting to be harvested, with Mt Echigo-komagatake on the horizon.
About 530km round trip.
Leaving Niigata City, passing over the Shinano River heading home. The now yellow rice fields waiting to be harvested, with Mt Echigo-komagatake on the horizon.
About 530km round trip.
Fukushima-Niigata Drive 5/6:
We stopped by Tomoko’s friend’s rice polishing office - Her family grows rice and ships it worldwide from Niigata. The rice was harvested this week.
We stopped by Tomoko’s friend’s rice polishing office - Her family grows rice and ships it worldwide from Niigata. The rice was harvested this week.
September 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Fukushima-Niigata Drive 5/6:
We stopped by Tomoko’s friend’s rice polishing office - Her family grows rice and ships it worldwide from Niigata. The rice was harvested this week.
We stopped by Tomoko’s friend’s rice polishing office - Her family grows rice and ships it worldwide from Niigata. The rice was harvested this week.
Photos from around Yanaizu - Watch out for bears!
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Photos from around Yanaizu - Watch out for bears!
Fukushima-Niigata driving trip 4/6: A motorcycle meetup event at Pokémon Chancey Park next to the Aizu Yanaizu road station
September 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Fukushima-Niigata driving trip 4/6: A motorcycle meetup event at Pokémon Chancey Park next to the Aizu Yanaizu road station
Fukushima-Niigata Drive 3/6:
View from the Aizu Yanaizu road station, quiet side: The Tadami River, a bridge on Rt252, and Enzoji Temple hiding behind it.
View from the Aizu Yanaizu road station, quiet side: The Tadami River, a bridge on Rt252, and Enzoji Temple hiding behind it.
September 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Fukushima-Niigata Drive 3/6:
View from the Aizu Yanaizu road station, quiet side: The Tadami River, a bridge on Rt252, and Enzoji Temple hiding behind it.
View from the Aizu Yanaizu road station, quiet side: The Tadami River, a bridge on Rt252, and Enzoji Temple hiding behind it.
Fukushima-Niigata Drive 2/6:
driving through the narrow valleys of western Fukushima above Minami-Aizu. The higher you go, the more rugged the hills.
driving through the narrow valleys of western Fukushima above Minami-Aizu. The higher you go, the more rugged the hills.
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Fukushima-Niigata Drive 2/6:
driving through the narrow valleys of western Fukushima above Minami-Aizu. The higher you go, the more rugged the hills.
driving through the narrow valleys of western Fukushima above Minami-Aizu. The higher you go, the more rugged the hills.
Drove up to Niigata through Nikko & Fukushima, passing through the narrow farming valleys and tunnels yesterday
1of6: leaving Nikko, heading north into Fukushima
1of6: leaving Nikko, heading north into Fukushima
September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Drove up to Niigata through Nikko & Fukushima, passing through the narrow farming valleys and tunnels yesterday
1of6: leaving Nikko, heading north into Fukushima
1of6: leaving Nikko, heading north into Fukushima
Happy New Year from Japan! 🔔🎍🥳
December 31, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Happy New Year from Japan! 🔔🎍🥳
☁️🏞️🌞 Blue Sky!
(Am I doing it right?)
(Am I doing it right?)
November 26, 2024 at 7:31 AM
☁️🏞️🌞 Blue Sky!
(Am I doing it right?)
(Am I doing it right?)
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM