Route Diary
Route diary
Chapter by chapter — the roads, the scenery, and what happened along the way.
01 · Project Start
The project begins the moment I turn the key.
02 · ROUTE 1 -TOKYO-
A little past midnight, I fired up the engine and the air in the garage trembled, thin and tight. I still hadn't decided…
03 · WANGAN -ZQQ LIMITER-
Displacement: 999. As small as I am, I chose this bike for one reason alone—it's light, and it's fast. As if something w…
04 · Sea Firefly
Tonight I point the bike toward the bay, the shoreline lights drawing long bright lines across the dark water. At the to…
05 · ROUTE 1 - SEISHO BY-PASS
The edge of night comes apart, and the underside of the sky turns a faint blue. National Route 1, the Seisho Bypass: a s…
06 · ROUTE 1 - HAKONE (steam mix)
Early on a day off, at the foot of the National Route 1 climb. The briny scent of the Seisho coast thins out, and the oc…
07 · ROUTE 1 - ONSEN BREAK
Dawn over Ashinoko. The thin mist clinging to the roadside looked like it was mimicking the steam off a hot spring. A re…
08 · ROUTE 1 - ASHINOKO
A blue lap, carrying the white along with it—