{"id":4274,"date":"2018-04-06T22:50:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T22:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/?p=4274"},"modified":"2018-04-09T17:41:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T17:41:46","slug":"west-tokyo-and-saitama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/west-tokyo-and-saitama\/","title":{"rendered":"West Tokyo and Saitama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Sendai, I got back to Tokyo and headed to West Tokyo or Nishi Tokyo area.\u00a0 I wanted to see some of the Tuning shops before going to Saitama to hang with Yamashima, Taguchi and Suenaga-san.<\/p>\n<p>I got off at Kamishakujii Station and rented a bike. The bike was 100 Yen ($1) for 4 hours! It started raining, but it didn&#8217;t stop me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105250-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105250-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105250-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105250-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105250-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105257-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105257-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105257-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105257-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105257-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105304-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105304-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105304-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105304-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20170526_105304-1043x586.jpg 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was a long bike ride as I went 4 miles one way, then back and another few miles to reach Spoon Sports and Type One.\u00a0 But the bike ride was fun and great.<\/p>\n<p>I then jumped on the train and eventually reached where Suenaga-san lived.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve covered it on the main site, but this is more about the people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Suenaga-san picked me up. The Hiruma-san stopped by. Then Taguchi-san came and then Yamashima-san. We hung out for a few hours and talked shop and culture stuff.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_381485308915359-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_381485308915359-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_381485308915359-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_381485308915359-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_381485308915359.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539523284458-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539523284458-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539523284458-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539523284458-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539523284458-1043x586.jpeg 1043w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539523284458.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539546617789-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539546617789-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539546617789-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539546617789-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539546617789-1043x586.jpeg 1043w, https:\/\/www.f31club.com\/ourtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/received_437539546617789.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Sendai, I got back to Tokyo and headed to West Tokyo or Nishi Tokyo area.\u00a0 I wanted to see some of the Tuning shops before going to Saitama to hang with Yamashima, Taguchi and Suenaga-san. I got off at Kamishakujii Station and rented a bike. The bike was 100 Yen ($1) for 4 hours! 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