Bike couriers delivered the news of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago today.
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Pearl Harbor bike couriers 1941
December 7, 20112 Comments on Pearl Harbor bike couriers 1941
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December 7, 20112 Comments on Pearl Harbor bike couriers 1941
Japan cracks down on sidewalk cyclists
October 26, 20117 Comments on Japan cracks down on sidewalk cyclists
Kirsten Dunst rides a bicycle
February 1, 20113 Comments on Kirsten Dunst rides a bicycle
That creature in the pink skirt and blue hair is Kirsten Dunst in a cosplay outfit riding a bicycle across the crosswalk in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.
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Charinko etymology and loan words
November 2, 20105 Comments on Charinko etymology and loan words
Charinko ( チャリンコ ) is a Japanese word for “bicycle.” For years I’ve thought the shortened “chari” was a loan word from the English “chariot.” I was wrong.
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Mamachari blog
November 1, 20107 Comments on Mamachari blog
Three years ago, Shuichi Kobayashi was riding his ‘mamachari’ bicycle around Kyoto when a gaikokujin (foreigner) woman asked where she could buy one of the distinctively Japanese utility bikes. Today, he blogs about the “mama bicycle” to get the word out about these Japanese utility bicycles.
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バイクツーワークデイ : Bike To Work Day Japan
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