Looks awesome! I was supposed to take a bike trip out in Japan. Got really cheap tickets about 5 months before covid hit. Was supposed to go may 2020 and then everything got cancelled. Hope to get the opportunity again. Looks like a sick place to ride.
-Dan Jerz On Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 2:56:49 PM UTC-4 Tim Baldwin wrote: > > - Looks so dreamy. A cycle tour in Japan is on my bucket list. > > On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 2:48:59 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> Great photos. Beautiful destinations for a ride. >> >> On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 8:28:46 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> Lovely. Traditional Japanese architecture, and culture generally, is a >>> high-point among Asian cultures, IMO. >>> >>> Patrick "half Asian myself" Moore >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 6:14 PM John Rinker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Kyoto is a modern city built over, squeezed between, and overflowing >>>> from a rich and ancient history of streets, neighborhoods and temples. I >>>> took my bike to Kyoto a few weeks back to do two rides: A Midnight Meander >>>> and a 5 Great Temple Tour. >>>> >>>> I'm no historian or a Buddhist scholar, but I did like the idea of >>>> riding the '5 mountains' of Kyoto. The '5 mountains' refers to a system of >>>> Buddhist temples that have held great significance politically and >>>> spiritually throughout Japan's history. There are corresponding >>>> 'mountains' >>>> in Kamakura, not far from where I live, that I'll make a tour of one day >>>> soon. >>>> >>>> While I did stroll through some of these temples to admire the >>>> architecture and craftsmanship that is so uniquely Japanese, to wander the >>>> exquisite gardens, and contemplate the *karesansui * (the dry, stone >>>> gardens) during my week in Kyoto, this morning bicycle ride was more about >>>> passing through each of the 5 Great Temple grounds in the crisp, Spring >>>> morning air before streets filled with cars. >>>> >>>> At each temple I took a photo of the *sanmon* gate and the *dharma* >>>> hall. >>>> >>>> Here are a few photos: >>>> [image: Tenryu-ji.jpeg][image: Nanzen-ji.jpeg][image: >>>> Kennin-ji.jpeg][image: >>>> Shokoku-ji.jpeg][image: Tofuku-ji.jpeg] >>>> >>>> Here's a link to my gaiagps track with more photos for the keeners >>>> among you. >>>> >>>> Five Great Temples of Kyoto >>>> <https://www.gaiagps.com/public/OL1r6lS22HobwxcoyZh4guQ8> >>>> >>>> Cheers, John >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b65c22e9-910c-4937-ac4a-a2f4d947ab69n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b65c22e9-910c-4937-ac4a-a2f4d947ab69n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/80fb151f-9a95-49c9-a4b1-8c63130f00a1n%40googlegroups.com.
