Ghost Town Gala: No Ride For Old Men
Ever since the idea of cycling adventures popped into my mind almost decades ago now courtesy of Tokyo Cycling Club, I have wanted to do a ride to the Nitchitsu Mining Town, an abandoned ghost town in Saitama Prefecture, but never got around to it. I’d tried and failed a couple of times before, but even that was more than half a decade ago. Yesterday, I finally got to tick this off my bucket list. The ride was everything and more than I had expected, making for a truly memorable ride through the mountains of the Chichibu surrounds in Saitama Prefecture. Of course, it was the visit to the abandoned…