It's cold, everywhere - from the Shimanami cycle way to provincial Hokkaido
March 10th 2017 Toyocho station, our neighbourhood train line, was the start of the southern leg of the trip.
Dragging my backpack/ roller bag over manicured and paved streets was a noisy exercise, and P2 carting strongly by back, we had generous transition times for the Otemachi connection to hectic Tokyo station. The facially masked brigade swarmed past us by Mama-san bike, curious glances, or generally
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