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Warming-Up
- Jan 30, 2008
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Today I joined Mike, Dave and Simon on a ride from Hon Atsugi station. I got my first surprise of the day when I noticed that all the coin lockers were unavailable - not to be used till 11 July. This was a bit of an issue because I had quite a lot of stuff to stow. When I asked the station attendant why, he explained that the police had required it. So I went to the nearest koban to enquire. The friendly neighbourhood pleeceman said the lockers were broken (koshou shiteiru). I replied that the guy at the station had indicated that it was the police who had required the lockers not to be used. I was then informed that this was an anti-terrorist measure. In Atsugi.
So anyway, all TCCers should note that there will be no coin lockers available till 11 July. (Who knows after that?) I noticed this was also the case at Shinjuku, so it probably applies everywhere. Sorry if this is old news - have been away for a couple of weeks.
Rejection number 2 came when I visited my local bike shop to drop my jalopy in for maintenance. I was told that they only do this for bikes that were purchased from their store. (This, despite the fact that I had got my bike serviced there quite recently.)
Question: Is this normal in Tokyo, or is this weird or perhaps have I misunderstood them? It occurred to me later that they may have thought I was looking for a freebie. I wasn't, but I did notice that when I got my bike serviced in that shop previously it was much cheaper than I expected (about one third of the cost that it would be in Australia).
End of rant.
So anyway, all TCCers should note that there will be no coin lockers available till 11 July. (Who knows after that?) I noticed this was also the case at Shinjuku, so it probably applies everywhere. Sorry if this is old news - have been away for a couple of weeks.
Rejection number 2 came when I visited my local bike shop to drop my jalopy in for maintenance. I was told that they only do this for bikes that were purchased from their store. (This, despite the fact that I had got my bike serviced there quite recently.)
Question: Is this normal in Tokyo, or is this weird or perhaps have I misunderstood them? It occurred to me later that they may have thought I was looking for a freebie. I wasn't, but I did notice that when I got my bike serviced in that shop previously it was much cheaper than I expected (about one third of the cost that it would be in Australia).
End of rant.