| スマホのない時代の自転車旅行 |
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| In 1982, I set out on a bicycle trip to experience the vastness of the Earth firsthand. At the time, the exchange rate was 240 yen to the dollar (now 150 yen to the dollar), and Japan was in the midst of a wave of anti-Japanese sentiment. I was in my early 30s back —that was 45 years ago. Starting with the United States and Canada, I spent a year and a half cycling through 23 countries, covering a distance of over 30,000 kilometers. However, I still felt something was missing…In 1989, I embarked on a bicycle trip around Japan. That journey covered over 10,000 kilometers, bringing my total distance traveled—including my overseas trips—to 42,000 kilometers. I felt satisfied that I had finally “rounded out” my journey to the equivalent of circling the globe. I’ve published over 540 blog posts about my cycling trips over the past decade. Hoping to give as many people around the world as possible a glimpse of what travel was like in the pre-smartphone era, I’ve decided to include English translations alongside the original Japanese. I’ve currently finished translating about two-thirds of the posts, and the growing number of international readers is encouraging me to continue the remaining translation work. (November 2026) |
| 地球の大きさを体感したくて自転車で旅に出たのが1982年、1ドル240円(現在1ドル150円)、ジャパンバッシングの最中でした。私は30代前半、今から45年前になります。 アメリカ、カナダを皮切りに１年半かけて23ヵ国を走り、走行距離は３万キロを超えました。しかし物足りなさも残り……1989年、日本一周の自転車旅へ。その距離は１万キロを超え、海外の走行距離と合わせて４万２千キロとなり、地球一周のつじつま合わせに満足した自分がいました。 10年前に掲載した自転車旅のブログ記事は540あまり、世界のより多くの人にスマホのない時代の旅行を少しでも感じてもらえたらと思い、英文を併記することにしました。現在３分の２ほど英訳を終えていますが、海外の閲覧者も増え、残りの翻訳作業の励みにもなっています。(2026年11月) |
Cycling around the World and Japan: 42,000 km in total
Trips with bicycle and tent in 1982-83 & 1989: English translation in progress