{"id":1073,"date":"2017-03-31T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brighture.jp\/b-blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2017-03-31T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T08:42:13","slug":"of-hikes-and-bikes%ef%bc%88%e3%83%8f%e3%82%a4%e3%82%af%ef%bc%86%e3%83%90%e3%82%a4%e3%82%af%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighture.jp\/b-blog\/1073","title":{"rendered":"Of Hikes and Bikes\uff08\u30cf\u30a4\u30af\uff06\u30d0\u30a4\u30af\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notwithstanding the fact that I only used up about one sixth of a recent 6-month gym membership (don\u2019t judge me!), I would have you know that I am not a lazy person. No, sir. In fact, I have a very active lifestyle that involves a lot of walking. I walk from my bed to the kitchen in the mornings, trudge from my cubicle and back in between classes, sprint to the escalators on my way to lunch, march hourly to the restroom thanks to my teeny tiny bladder and regularly stroll around the pantry looking for food. Yes, a lot of walking. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

When friends warned me about the Japanese lifestyle, transportation system and obsession with walking, I actually rolled my eyes and smirked. Walking is easy. Besides, the price of transportation here is very expensive, my huge ego considers it an insult to my youth. There is no way I\u2019m paying that much for that short a distance unless I\u2019m a crumbling 80-year-old desperate to get a ride. So when I suddenly got an urge to scour a Hyakuen shop today and found out that there wasn\u2019t one near my neighborhood, I decided to walk to the nearest I can find – a good 2.1 kilometers away. As with everything else that requires numbers, my distance perception sucks. But 2.1 kilometers can not be that much, right?<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Armed only with my trusty boots and undying stubbornness, I braved the winds and started walking. This is not bad at all. Halfway to the shop and I\u2019m still breathing, though in shorter intervals this time. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a very bad sign. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

A few hundred meters later and my shoes are already killing me. I start wishing I had one of those bikes that keep whooshing by. But the thing about me and bikes is that, to put it simply, I don\u2019t know how to ride them. Surprise! The thought of plunging into thin air with only two wheels supporting me is just not enticing enough to help me get over my serious trust issues. Even the fact that I see five-year-olds on a daily basis riding their bikes without training wheels is not sufficiently embarrassing to convince me to even try. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Then comes the wandering around the shop. Not that I\u2019m complaining about the wide variety of products I can choose from but why did this store have to be four floors high? Why does everything in Tokyo have to be a few floors high? In between trying not to plummet from the top of the stairs and contemplating whether I really need another pair of socks, I decided it\u2019s time to head home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Now, I don\u2019t know how the people here do it. Maybe I am just in awful health and this is the universe\u2019s way of telling me to hit the treadmill. But another 2.1 kilometers of lugging three bags later, my knees are shaking, an ocean is dripping down my nose, my fingers are frozen and my heart is about to jump off my chest. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Please, my dear Japanese friends, tell me this is normal. Tell me everybody experiences this. Else, be merciful and drag me to the nearest gym.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the meantime, excuse me as I allow myself to collapse in a corner. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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