{"id":114999,"date":"2020-01-07T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=114999"},"modified":"2020-01-07T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T11:11:42","slug":"asakusa-easy-spin","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/asakusa-easy-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"ASAKUSA EASY SPIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;New Year\u201d is the most important tradition for Japanese People.<\/p>\n<p>Usually family and relatives get together for celebrate new year and have traditional new year dishes.\u00a0That dishes called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Osechi\">\u201cOSECHI\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi there,<\/p>\n<p>This is MATSUMOTO from BLUELUG YOYOGI-PARK store.<br \/>\nI born and raised in Tokyo. So\u00a0I usually spend new year in Tokyo with family and relatives.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, TOKYO is one of the busiest city in the world, but New Year is different, people live in Tokyo go back their home town, and Tokyo is less people than usual at new year.<\/p>\n<p>I took advantage of that I went to ride with my man to one of the iconic temple in east Tokyo <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sens\u014d-ji\">\u201cSENSOUJI\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my man, \u201cMEI&#8221; from <a href=\"http:\/\/dearalltokyo.com\">Dear All<\/a> (coffee shop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Dear+All\/@35.6734965,139.6625676,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6018f31a0e3af2d9:0x75f03c889a3f3d66!8m2!3d35.6734965!4d139.6647563\">SASAZUKA<\/a>, 5min from BLUELUG HATAGAYA)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114961\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9925-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9925-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9925-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9925-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9925.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5TynDPBSN7\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<p>I built his single speed commuter. I appreciated that he really enjoy his bike, and riding around city with that bike.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we started from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5e81\/@35.6893095,139.6901492,17z\/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1z6YO95bqB!3m4!1s0x60188cd4b71a37a1:0xf1665c37f38661e8!8m2!3d35.6896342!4d139.6921007\">Tokyo Metropolitan Government building<\/a> (located in Shinjuku)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114924\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we had coffee break at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fuglenasakusa\/\">FUGLEN ASAKUSA<\/a> on the way to the goal.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114923\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0869-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0869-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0869-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0869-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0869.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we get there, SENSOUJI was full of people\u2026 We escape from busy crowd, and had SOBA for lunch.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114922\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0871-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0871-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0871-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0871-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0871.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114915\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0872-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0872-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0872-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0872-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0872.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114919\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0880-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0880-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0880-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0880-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0880.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way to returning back, we pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/\u6771\u4eac\u99c5\/@35.6812362,139.7649361,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x60188bfbd89f700b:0x277c49ba34ed38!8m2!3d35.6812362!4d139.7671248\">TOKYO station<\/a> at beautiful dusk and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/\u7687\u5c45\/@35.685175,139.7506055,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x60188c0d02d8064d:0xd11a5f0b379e6db7!8m2!3d35.685175!4d139.7527995\">Imperial Palace<\/a>.\u00a0Crisp air, less traffic and beautiful dusk. It was memorable.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114918\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0888-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0888-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0888-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0888-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0888.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114916\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0895-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0895-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0895-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0895-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0895.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, we took another coffee break <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brooklynroastingjapan\/?utm_source=ig_embed\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B6wccQ2B8ax\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<p>I think bike around city is the best tool for scale\/feel size of the city. If you have chance to spend time in Tokyo, I strongly recommend bike around Tokyo. I suggest to be the traveler! Not tourist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":114924,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":114924,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":853,"file":"2020\/01\/DSCF0864.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"DSCF0864-640x427.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":61320,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-640x427.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"DSCF0864-900x600.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":108212,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-900x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"DSCF0864-1179x786.jpg","width":1179,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":171085,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-1179x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"DSCF0864-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":95482,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":436282},"post":114914,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSCF0864.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"","search-result-sort-order":"new","search-result-sort-by":"asc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/114999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}