JITENSHA is the Japanese word for bicycle, but one might hear the slang word charinko, instead. Bicycling is the easiest means of local transportation in the neighborhood. A typical bicycle is not the sleek Lance Armstrong version, but rather the mama-chari ("mom's bike") with its front basket, noisy brakes, and built-in lock. These heavy bikes are most common, but electric bikes, folding bikes and bikes with tiny wheels are now popular.
These bicycle photographs were made during a trip to Japan in July 2009.
220 photographs of Japanese bicycles, people on or with bicycles, NO BICYCLES signs, etc.
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