tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62083004580193975032012-02-16T12:00:10.666+01:00Japan by Motorcycle. 10,000 kms. 35 days. 12 Sep-18 Oct 2008. A Gourmet Tour de Force.Villa Caprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234440617403166073noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208300458019397503.post-79613278688216349462009-08-09T10:35:00.002+02:002009-08-09T10:39:49.216+02:00

<!--StartFragment--> I have just returned from my motorcycle tour of Japan and I’m sorry for the lack of correspondence while on the road. Even though many of the computers we use today are made in Japan, Internet access was limited and hard to find. I may not have been looking in the right places but I never found an “Internet Café” and the hotel computers generally had a line form so usage was

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<!--StartFragment--> 12 September 2008: Tokyo 13 September 2008: Tokyo - Awa-Katsuyama (Tatayama) 14 September 2008: Awa-Katsuyama (Tatayama) - Kashima 15 Septemer 2008: Kashima – Aizu-Wakamatsu 16 September 2008: Aizu-Wakamatsu – Matsushima, Miyagi, Tohoku 17 September 2008: Matsushima – Kesenuma, Miyagi, Tohoku 18 September 2008: Kesenuma – Hachinohe 19 September 2008: Hachinohe - Kaminokuni,

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Ika - SquidTako - OctopusSazae - SeasnailAwabi - AbaloneUmi no Kusa - Algae, SeaweedHokki - pinkish clams (“Quahog”)Uni - Sea UrchinKanitsume - CrabHotate - ScallopTsubu -

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<!--StartFragment--> Do not drink and ride!Japan has strict drinking laws. And no restaurant is allowed to sell you drinks if you pull up in a vehicle. If you park across the road, civilian vigilante guards are likely to spot you. There's only one way to enjoy the alcoholic delicacies of Japan: Leave your motorcycle parked at your hotel.The national drink is Sake, and there are 10,000 different

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In Ginza the first night we ate at an Izakaya. The owner didn’t want to admit us for fear that we couldn’t speak Japanese or eat his raw squid swimming in black ink. However, some words and a daring bite and we were into our first delicious meal, flushed down with refreshing Nama Beeru.Being rejected is common and in Japan. You get used to it. Restaurants or hotels may simply be full, or

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<!--StartFragment--> Months before my Rhode Island buddy and I met in Tokyo for our motorcycle tour of Japan, our preparations began. I had lived in Tokyo for 5 years at 22 and got to know the city and its nightspots inside out. However, I had failed to see Japan. After 30 years it was time to take a closer look and answer a question. Why did I ever leave? To get ready, I went back to study the

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