I got my bike for free in a recycle center in Osaka (thank you, Moez :). It is convienient to do shopping or go to nearest station by bike. Generally Japanese people love bikes, motorcycles and scooters. So do I. You can buy the cheapest new bike for 9000 yens. It will work fine for about 1 year. Biking in Osaka is lovely, the problem starts when you have to park your bike because of a huge amount of them everywhere. Leaving it at any place is risky because if there is too little space for cars or passers-by, police will take it and then you have to pay a fine before getting it back. In Japan all bikes are registered!! They have their numbers, so police can track you :) You can also find attended bike parks but I don't like to pay if I don't have to. In a nutshell, cyclists in Japan have to be smart :)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Biking in Osaka
I got my bike for free in a recycle center in Osaka (thank you, Moez :). It is convienient to do shopping or go to nearest station by bike. Generally Japanese people love bikes, motorcycles and scooters. So do I. You can buy the cheapest new bike for 9000 yens. It will work fine for about 1 year. Biking in Osaka is lovely, the problem starts when you have to park your bike because of a huge amount of them everywhere. Leaving it at any place is risky because if there is too little space for cars or passers-by, police will take it and then you have to pay a fine before getting it back. In Japan all bikes are registered!! They have their numbers, so police can track you :) You can also find attended bike parks but I don't like to pay if I don't have to. In a nutshell, cyclists in Japan have to be smart :)
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