{"id":143906,"date":"2023-07-31T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=143906"},"modified":"2023-07-31T20:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:07:34","slug":"swift-camp-out-2023-lets-take-it-easy-wakasu-team-report","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/swift-camp-out-2023-lets-take-it-easy-wakasu-team-report\/","title":{"rendered":"SWIFT CAMP OUT 2023 “Let’s Take It Easy” Wakasu Team Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, it’s me.<\/p>\n

Here’s my little report for the Swift Campout 2023.
\nJune in Japan is normally considered as the rain season, so I was a bit worried throughout the trip, but I never forgot the spirit of having fun.<\/p>\n

Our destination was the Wakasu Camp Ground, located right in between Odaiba and Tokyo Disney Land.<\/p>\n

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9:00 a.m. – We met up at Blue Lug Kamiuma.
\nOur theme of the trip was : “A slow and easy camp”\ud83c\udfd5<\/p>\n

The Wakasu Camp Ground is approximately 25km away from Blue Lug Kamiuma. It’s a pretty decent distance for a relaxed bikepacking ride.<\/p>\n

The members of this trip are…<\/p>\n

Tani, the store manager of Blue Lug Kamiuma.
\nTimo, the staff behind Open Distribution.
\nSmash, the accountant.
\nAnd myself, Konno from Cook Paint Works.<\/p>\n

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First we head towards Shibuya and pass through the Emperor’s Palace.<\/p>\n

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That day was pretty hot, so we soon stopped for a coffee break. Gotta say admit that bikes loaded with a buncha gears look really nice…<\/p>\n

I know you are probably wondering about the yellow Black Mountain Cycles bike, that Timo built up for this trip, but we’ll get into the details later.<\/p>\n

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Mmm, that ice latte sure hit the spot.<\/p>\n

After the short coffee break, we headed down to Tsukiji for some grocery shopping for the camp!<\/p>\n

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But before that, we made ourselves to Salumiland Tokyo, which is right next to the coffee shop to get some dry-cured ham.<\/p>\n

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Tsukiji. We saw many tourists and the place looked very busy first time in a few years! I had been wanting to cook Takoyakis for this campout. Our search for octopus begins…<\/p>\n

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There it is! The last one!<\/p>\n

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Now, I am ready for camp. I already knew this fresh octopus from Tsukiji was about to be bomb.<\/p>\n

Alright, now we got that out of the way, we hopped on our saddles and started pedaling again.<\/p>\n

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3:00 p.m. – We finally arrived at the camp ground, located right below the Tokyo Gate Bridge. We set up our tents before it got dark and rented a grill and a cooler box from the camp ground.<\/p>\n

After everybody got done setting up their own tents, it was time to cook dinner.<\/p>\n

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For cooking Takoyaki, I brought a Nalgene bottle. I poured in water, eggs and Takoyaki mix in the bottle and shook the heck out of the Nalgene to mix all the ingredients.<\/p>\n

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Now, add the oil…<\/p>\n

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Pour it in the Takoyaki pan…<\/p>\n

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sprinkle some of that green onion…<\/p>\n

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The fire became weak, so we got together and blew into the fire.<\/p>\n

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Put on some sauce, mayo and sprinkle fish flakes and we have ourselves a hot plate of\u00a0 delicious Takoyaki!!!<\/p>\n

Eating outside adds a little more flavor than usual,\u00a0 but this takoyaki was truly amazing. Carrying the Takoyaki pan was quite a pain, but I say it was totally worth it.<\/p>\n

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We also ate a lot of stakes that night and went to bed shortly after eating.<\/p>\n

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\nDay two.
\nEverybody woke up pretty late. Smash fixed us coffee. (It sure did hit the spot again)<\/p>\n

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I on the other hand cooked some nice and toasty grilled sandwich for the boys, which I think I did a pretty good job at.<\/p>\n

Let’s see what Tani is cooking up…<\/p>\n

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He made us his signature Instant Ramen Carbonara<\/p>\n

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I was really surprised that you can make an exquisite pasta with ramen noodles, cheese and heavy cream.
\nFun fact, the pan I brought had a really loose handle, so Tani ruined two dishes of carbonara. I’m so sorry.\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n

\"\"The second day was unbelievably sunny, as it was still rain season. It was such a nice day, so we just laid on our mattresses for while.<\/p>\n

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Now we got some rest, let’s check out our bikes!<\/p>\n

First up is..!<\/p>\n

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\nTani with his freshly built RIVENDELL joe appaloosa<\/p>\n

If you want your Rivendell to look beautiful, let this guy build it!
\nHe had two Swift pannier bags on the front and a Sackville bag on the rear. The well aged Swift pannier sure does look great on the Appaloosa.<\/p>\n

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\nHere’s Smash with his RIVENDELL* clem smith jr<\/p>\n

Smash also had two panniers on front, with a front basket. It’s a roll top pannier he custom ordered a long time ago. This also aged really well. He had his basket fixed with Voile Straps. I was mind blown when he took the basket off and made it into a table by using the basket plate when camping.<\/p>\n

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\nTimo with his new Black Mountain Cycles Mod. 0.<\/p>\n

Great frame color. He had two panniers on the front and a frame bag and that was it. I really liked his minimum packing style.
\nThis bike can do tours and can also do some dirt riding…it’s an exciting new bike of his for sure.<\/p>\n

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\nLast but not least, me, Konno with my Frances Cycles Platypus<\/p>\n

I wanted to camp with a cargo bike someday and I am glad that the dream came true. I threw on the Giant Delivery Basket on the huge front fork. The bike didn’t have rear rack mounts, so I used the bottle cage mounts and three mounts to load up my water bottle, Nalgene bottle and my Stanley Growler.<\/p>\n

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I threw most of the stuff in the Max Tote and put the bag into this HUGE basket. I love this bag btw.<\/p>\n

The Catalyst Bag hanging down from the saddle had all my clothes stored.<\/p>\n

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It was now time to head back. We had a nice little ride by the sea near the camp ground.<\/p>\n

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Then we went to Kanda to eat Unagi (eel dish), then went home after a few stops at the nearby convenient stores.
\nI really enjoyed this chill campout.<\/p>\n

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For people who live in Tokyo like us, it’s sometimes hard to go out in the wilderness to bikecamp. You either need a car or you need to do some amount of rinkoing, which not that easy considering the amount of stuff you need to take with you, especially if it is a multi-day trip.<\/p>\n

We’re just very lucky to have a place where we are able to camp in this concrete jungle, with a decent amount of\u00a0 nature.
\nIf you are in Tokyo and want to do your first bikepacking trip, I highly recommend Wakasu Camp Ground!<\/p>\n

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