Haneda: Fast Saturday ride - 15 riders take the challenge

Mike has plotted the Haneda route - just a quick 30km run down the Tokyo harborside.

Lots of green in surprising places. The park at the end - overlooking the busy harbor with planes dropping in from above just across from the Haneda runway. Warm but windy. A few flat tires coming and going - the pathways are not swept and full of twigs and road rubbish.

But worth the run out and lunch at TY Harbor brew-pub where our friend Koichi Hama designed the logo.

Good nama, good burgers, and great chili.



Here is the map. (www.bikely.com for those so inclined. )

On the way back, close to Tokyo Tower, John and I found an oddly striking flower garden, at the base of a Sumitomo Fudosan office building. Nice - like Boso or Hokkaido.