Tokai

No pictures today.

I was planning to ride to the bottom of the Chita Peninsula, but I had to go through some hairy stuff beforehand. The first tricky part was navigating Otsu-dori, which is usually pretty manageable, and was until I got past Atsuta Shrine. Then the trucks started, and I veered right when I should have gone straight, ending up in the port district, the largest and busiest trading port in Japan. Truck traffic was very heavy, and I hesitated at one intersection, wondering if I should cross over a pedestrian overpass or not.

Somehow I shifted into the spokes, jamming the chain behind the sprockets. It took a lot of work to dig it out. The sun was blazing and there was no shade, only relentless traffic on all sides. Once I extracted the chain, I had a hard time getting the wheel back on, and the chain was hopelessly tangled. No taxis in the area, and every nearby bike store was closed on Tuesdays for some reason. After about an hour or so, I bagged up my bike and started hauling it to the nearest train station, a few kilometers away.

I got lots of stares from oncoming traffic, and the scenery was not the best. I made it back home around 3 after dropping my bike off. It's back in commission now, and ready for another adventure tomorrow, possibly to another National Treasure or two.