Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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This is my monthly routine. I mean I go get a haircut every month. The hair salon is in a mall near Arakawa Cycling Road that leads you to various places. There is no reason not to pedal after the haircut. I headed to Akigase Park located in Saitama City this time. It’s been my favorite place since I was a teenager. There are some nice trails there. Enjoy the trail ride somewhere not very far from the Tokyo Metropolis!
0:00 9.50 am, Saturday
0:29 At the Mall
1:13 Lining Up for Haircut
2:31 Haircut Done in 11 Minutes
3:30 Food Court
4:07 Takoyaki (or Octopus Balls)
6:02 Bye Bye Mall
6:49 Arakawa Cycling Road
7:44 Into Gravel
8:44 Arakawa Saiko Park
9:01 Train Nerd
9:19 Akigase Park
9:44 Into Trails
11:07 Meditation
11:22 Puppy Hates Me
13:32 Grave or Shrine?
15:01 Hill Climb Failure
15:36 Canola Downhill
16:35 Ending
Music: J.S. Bach - Suite No.4 in E flat - II. Allemande by European Archive (ED)
#tokyo #japan #cycling
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This is my monthly routine. I mean I go get a haircut every month. The hair salon is in a mall near Arakawa Cycling Road that leads you to various places. There is no reason not to pedal after the haircut. I headed to Akigase Park located in Saitama City this time. It’s been my favorite place since I was a teenager. There are some nice trails there. Enjoy the trail ride somewhere not very far from the Tokyo Metropolis!
0:00 9.50 am, Saturday
0:29 At the Mall
1:13 Lining Up for Haircut
2:31 Haircut Done in 11 Minutes
3:30 Food Court
4:07 Takoyaki (or Octopus Balls)
6:02 Bye Bye Mall
6:49 Arakawa Cycling Road
7:44 Into Gravel
8:44 Arakawa Saiko Park
9:01 Train Nerd
9:19 Akigase Park
9:44 Into Trails
11:07 Meditation
11:22 Puppy Hates Me
13:32 Grave or Shrine?
15:01 Hill Climb Failure
15:36 Canola Downhill
16:35 Ending
Music: J.S. Bach - Suite No.4 in E flat - II. Allemande by European Archive (ED)
#tokyo #japan #cycling
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What do you wanna say with your tail, Leo?
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S")
![Goldfish Scooping ~Japanese Festival Stall~ [iPhone 4S/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oev2orzmmkg/mqdefault.jpg "Goldfish Scooping ~Japanese Festival Stall~ [iPhone 4S/HD]
Stalls are an essential ingredient for Japanese festivals. Various kinds of stalls catch your heart as you wander into the stall street of a festival. The goldfish scooping stall is one of them. You scoop goldfish with a scooper and take the fish home as a prize. The young and old savor the traditional game at a festival.
I am taking care of the fish my five-year-old nephew got at a summer festival while traveling in Osaka with his family. Fish from these stalls usually dont last long after you take them home. As a kid, however, I remember this one fish I got at a stall survived 3 years. I hope my nephews ones lead long lives.
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![People Playing Pokemon GO in Ueno Park, Tokyo [iPhone 6 Plus]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PInnYOs5iyo/mqdefault.jpg "People Playing Pokemon GO in Ueno Park, Tokyo [iPhone 6 Plus]
Pokemon GO, which is dominating the smartphone app market all over the world, has been available for a couple of weeks here in Japan. Although the fever right after its release is gone, millions of people are still getting carried away with the world-changing game. Ueno Park, located in the middle of Tokyo and famous for its beautiful cherry blossoms and lotuses, is now being taken over by Pokemon trainers. You would see tons of people looking into their smartphones there. It doesn’t even seem like they are bothered by the loud cicada-symphony which usually annoys people living in Japan the whole summer. Hopefully they don’t forget it’s the lotus season. Me? I got enough Magikarps to make a Gyarados and some Dratinies while enjoying the stunning views. Still a long way to Dragonite though.
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Bon, one of the Japanese Buddhist customs, is to honor the spirits of ones ancestors. Various festivities and observances take place in Japan during the Bon season, around July 15th.
Bon Odori is one of them, which literally means Bon Dance. It is said that its origin was a folk dance to welcome the spirits of the dead. Nowadays thousands of Bon Odori Festivals, from small to large ones, are held in summer evenings all over Japan and people simply enjoy the dancing rather for the original meaning of the custom.
You will come across some Bon Odori Festival taking place at a small childrens park or anywhere else for the matter. That is, if you live in a populated residential area in Japan.
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Sensoji Temple, located in Asakusa, is Tokyos oldest Buddhist temple and one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tokyo. It is always crowded with numerous people, and the number of the people rise further when some festivity takes place.
Hozuki-ich, or Bladder Cherry Market, is one of the festivities. It is held on July 9th and 10th every year, related to Day of 46,000 Blessings. It was said that worshiping on July 10th was equivalent to worshiping for 46,000 days and called Day of 46,000 Blessings, but people wanted to become the first worshiper on that day and got to visit there the day ahead. In time, also July 9th came to be called Day of 46,000 Blessings.
On those days, the temple bustles more than usual with the people who visit there to worship and get bladder cherries, summer fruits which were once used for medical herbs but are now mainly planted for decoration.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jul. 9th, 2012")
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Handheld fireworks are one of the traditional toys in Japan which are usually enjoyed in summer. Japanese kids look forward to playing with them during their summer vacation. But of course small kids are not allowed to play with them without an adult around.
My five-year-old nephew begs me to play with the fireworks with him every time he comes to visit me during his vacation. This is a kind of video compilation of clips of when he came to visit me the other day.
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Sugamo, located in North Tokyo, is well-known as an area where the old gather. It is also called Grandmas Harajuku after Harajuku, a hot spot among the young. At Sugamo, You can see what is hot among seniors. It looks like the most trendy thing now is Lucky Charm Red Underpants.
The main attraction of the area is Koganji Temple, also called Togenuki Jizo Temple, where a Jizo, or a Ksitigarbha statue, reputedly cures people by washing and scrubbing the part of the statue that corresponds your area that ails you.
On every 4th, 14th and 24th, there are more than the usual number of markets on the Jizo Shopping Street, the bustling street in front of Koganji Temple. On those days, you may find something that you cannot find elsewhere.
- Shot in 1080p full HD with an iPhone 4S on Jun. 4th, 2012")
