Brompton ride in KYOTO and NARA, Japan - Enjoyed the journey to Japanese tea plantations

It comes to the best season in Japan. And the season of newly harvested Japanese tea.

Let's go to Wazuka where embraces a lot of tea plantations to enjoy the views of fresh tea leaves at the end of the beautiful valley.

Brompton World Championship 2025 in LONDON

I joined BWC2025 held on June 21, 2025 at Coal Drops Yard in London. Enjoy exciting footage of rear camera views, strong competitors pursuing and passing me with all the might.

The race, as a whole,  consists of 10 heats with 50 riders in each heat. Each heat consists of 5 laps around a 900m urban track in the shopping mall. For each heat, there is the traditional Le Mans style start, where we dash to unfold your Brompton and race around the track. Unfolding skill is very important in the race.

This year, each rider was provided with a time chip and the top 50 fastest from across all 10 heats then competed in final to determine the winners of the Brompton World Championships London 2025. One of the great improvements.

I have joined 5 BWC London in the past, 4 BWCs in the Mall and BWC2024 in Coal Drips Yard last year. In BWC2025, I ran for HEAT 10, the last qualifying group of 50 riders, starting at 1445. It was a fierce race!

Equipment for BWC:

Brompton S4E-X/58T Chainring/11-12-13-15T rear sprockets

Brompton Owners Meeting in Shimanami 2025

Brompton Owners Meeting was held on May 18, 2025 at Marin Oasis Hakata of Shimanami. More than 250 Brompton owners gathered and 222 Brompton bikes lined up. We celebrated reunion and communicated all of the time. Full of smiles and voices of joy. We were excited that a lot of new Brompton owners were added. The genesis of new Japanese Brompton Community has arrived.

 

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Brompton Winter Snow Ride to Hot Sprin

Brompton's snow ride toward hot spring in the mountain valley. I went to famous Kita Onsen (North Hot Spring) where some of the impressive scenes in the movie "THERMÆ ROMÆ" were taken. I used a pair of stud tyres Schwalbe Winter for the ride. The original plan was RIDE&HIKE to the mount Chausu, one of the peaks of Nasu Mountain but I was not able to the trailhead due to heavy snow on the road. Instead, I visited Kita Onsen to enjoy atmosphere of an isolated hot spring in the snow valley. 

Equipments: 

Brompton M6L-X w/Schwalbe Winter 

Brompton Rucksack 

Gopro　Hero7 

Asics GEL-Trabuco 12 GTX 

Monbell Compact Snow Spike 

Monbell Drytec Easyfit Spatz

Brompton Urban Challenge 2024 in Tokyo

Brompton Urban Challenge Tokyo was held on November 11, 2024. Riders started to look for and take pictures of designated "animal symbols" consisted of slopes named after an animal and animal monuments. Our strategy was, instead of riding faster than other teams, to take advantage of public transportation network in Tokyo to win. What was the result of our animal quest? 

【CYCLING SHIMANAMI 2024】Brompton goes across Shimanami.

Brompton goes across Shimanami. CYCLING SHIMANAMI 2024 was held on October 27, 2024. Despite of disappointing rain forecast a day before, the sun came out in the morning and blue sky was seen. 3500 cyclists from 27 countries and areas enjoyed a wonderful ride and spectacular views from West Seto Motorway over the sea. I participated in the E course and went over the route between Imabari and Onomichi (Mukaishima) 63km on Bromton S4E-X, modified to P-line gear and equipped with 58T Chainring and 11-12-14-17T rear sprockets.

The 20th Anniversary BROMPTON MEETING in Hokkaido @Lake Toya

The 20th Anniversary BROMPTON MEETING in Hokkaido, by Shugakuso bike shop, was held at Lake Toya. More than 60 Bromptons came to get together and enjoyed the ride around the lake (approx. 40km). What a beautiful day and wonderful fellows! Big thanks to Mademoiselle Kihara and her colleagues of Shugakuso Bike Shop.