日本神奈川縣小田原 騎行日本
[Music] Is this thing on? Hey, welcome to Cycle Around Japan. I’m Michael Rice. They call me Mikey. It’s Kanagawa Prefecture, Odawa City, and it’s an amazing place. I can’t wait to show you around. To enjoy the new normal, we came up with the idea of what we call a selfie ride. Ah, this is really a beautiful place. This time, our cyclists will film themselves. Michael will be exploring his local neighborhood to discover some unique sights and sounds. Let’s ride. Yeeha! [Music] Michael lives in Odawada city in Kanagawa, one of the prefectures adjoining Tokyo. Okay. Okay. So, welcome to Odawara and welcome to the place we made after Corona started and and all the bike events stopped. So, we started a cafe just because we had nothing else to do and wanted to do something to help cyclists. Michael’s lived in Japan for 30 years. In 2020, he moved to Odawana and opened this cycling cafe. Michael will be shooting his selfie ride himself with help from a support cyclist. Many cameras are attached to the bicycles. A total of four cameras will help capture various angles. They also have 360 degree cameras on their helmets. Okay. Okay. Stay tuned. Okay. Have a great trip around Odawara. Thanks. Yeah. Michael heads for the heart of Odawara City. He’ll take us to some interesting places he’s discovered on his daily rides. [Music] I see the ocean. [Music] We’re just 5 minutes from Michael’s Cafe. Look at this. Wa. Wow. Yeah. This is Udawara. The ocean here is so beautiful. Wow. Did you see all those jumping fish? Wow. Odawada is one of Japan’s leading port cities and it’s home to a famous local specialty we’re about to see. Ah, here it is. This is the Kamokco. Michael loves this longrunning Kamabokco shop. I really love the the atmosphere of this place. And so actually, yeah, I I found this place on my own after I moved here and I was wandering around by bicycle and and I stopped here and I thought, “Wow, this is something different, something unique.” Kamabokco is a traditional Japanese food made from steaming or frying fish paste. [Music] Oh, so the food has arrived. I can’t wait to try this. Wow, look at that. Okay, so first I’ll try this one. [Music] Oh, it’s good. It’s the white meat of the the fish and it has like like black pepper. M. This is really good. Mhm. [Music] The eighth generation owner of the shop is a friend. foreign. [Music] Hi In the old days, Odawatada was a key stop on the major highway connecting East and West Japan. Travelers on the highway loved the town’s Kamabokco. Tashido has made it his mission to preserve this traditional taste. The pride of old. Ah fish scale scale. [Music] Lucky fish scale naming this name. [Music] Next up is another famous Odawatada product. [Music] Michael brings us to a place where they make Odawada Cholin paper lanterns. At the Kamokoan they had it as a symbol. At the warf they have it a symbol in different places in Odawa. So I wanted to learn more about the history of these chi. Invented in the 16th century, these lanterns are Odawatada’s most famous handiccraft. Oh. Oh. Ah. Ah, small and easy to carry, these lanterns were treasured by travelers on the old east west highway. [Music] [Music] You can get a custom choline with anything you want written on it. [Music] Yamazaki Takashi was taught these skills by his late father. Today he and his mother run this workshop, the last one still making lanterns in Odawada. [Music] Ohashi. Wow. It has it has my name on here. My key my is the kanji for mao which means to dance or perform and so so as a a performer my and then key is energy it’s it’s really special atawada’s annual summer festival the town is illuminated by hundreds of these lanterns turns. [Music] I chose Odawara and I thought that the people would not welcome me because I was first from another country and then from Tokyo during the middle of a pandemic coming into their place and I thought but the people are so nice in this area. The people are so friendly and so nice and so patient and so welcoming. Oh, okay. Beautiful ocean. [Music] Okay, so we made it to one of my favorite spots in Oda. Michael visits another of his favorite spots. Ah, hi. Ready to start the adventure? So, here’s my instructor. [Music] It’s a mountain bike course in the midst of Odawada’s forest. There are 16 trails here, all created by professional trail builders. [Music] I’ll be back tomorrow. Yeah, it is so cool in the forest. Now, this is fun. This is fun. This is really a playground for cyclists. [Music] Yeah, this is totally different than road biking. Next, Michael will visit some places near Oldada he’s never been to. It will be a little adventure for both him and us. Ah, the cosmos. So, they said there’s a place right up the river where I can catch fish. Ah, cool place. It’s a campsite on the banks of a mountain stream in a village called Kiokawa. It’s cold. Oh, okay. Ah, this water is beautiful. Yeah, very nice clear water. Oh. Oh, they’re they’re chasing fish. Fish that catches Michael’s interest. Okay, it’s time to go fishing. But I’ve never just fished with bare hands in Japan. I’ve done it in Canada. On this selfie ride where he’s doing it all himself, of course, Michael must catch his own lunch, too. It’s like hide and go seek. [Music] me. Yay! We got one. I got one. Yay. It’s Michael’s first time to try grilling fish himself. Okay. Looks like he’s having some trouble. [Music] Okay. [Music] How good at cooking will our cyclist turn out to be? [Music] They’re so slippery. Maybe It’s hot. Okay. I hope that’s good. So, now I’ve just got to wait for them to cook. [Music] Aha. Looking good. Looking good. Yep. Ready to eat. Okay. This is the fish. M. [Music] Oh, it’s good. It’s good. You see that? [Music] This selfie lunch turned out pretty well. Next, Michael visits another place he’s never been to before. Manazuru, a town next to Odawada. [Music] Oh, look at this. [Music] Oh, awesome. So beautiful. Yeah, I really like the atmosphere of this little village here. The warf [Music] very relaxing. [Music] Oh, here’s him. Dried fish shop. Dried fish, a Manazudu specialty, catches his attention. Freshly caught fish are salted and dried in the sun. [Music] is [Laughter] a superi. The population of Manazudu is about 7,000. More and more people are moving to this town, attracted to its traditional atmosphere. [Music] Feels [Music] so nice. Wow, this old growth forest really has amazing energy. Okay, so this is the way to the Meikon farm. It’s a farm specializing in me, a kind of citrus fruit. This is farmer Matsumoto Shigu. On his five hectares, he has 5,000 mikon trees. Oh yeah, I I love mikong. Wonderful Japanese fruit. Sea breezes and the sunlight reflected off the ocean give these fruits a special sweetness. [Music] At this farm, you can try picking me yourself. [Music] Very sweet. [Music] Hi. Hi. [Music] [Laughter] Matsumoto takes Michael to see a special corner of the orchard. This is the resting place of his ancestors. [Music] The Matsumoto family have been Mikon farmers here for around 130 years, passing the tradition from generation to generation. Oh, hi. Hi. Hi. [Music] [Music] To end the ride, Michael heads to a point with a great view of Mount Fuji. Come on, Mount Fuji. Be there when I get there. I want to show everybody the view. Ah, [Music] heat. [Music] right there. That’s the view I was looking for. Mount Fuji. Beautiful. Ah, okay. Okay. Okay. 10 9 8 Time for the final selfie of the ride. I made it. [Music] Okay. [Music] You don’t have to go far to discover amazing places. Why not try exploring your neighborhood by bike?
在日本工作了30年後，Michael Rice最近定居在日本神奈川縣小田原，在那裡經營一家自行車咖啡館。他向我們展示了小田原城堡，並介紹了工匠製作傳統的當地特色菜，例如魚糊和紙燈籠。Michael探索了他尚未參觀的附近地方，其中包括萬鶴，這是一個美麗的海岸小鎮，以其隨和的生活方式和致力於保護周圍未受破壞的自然的承諾而聞名。
素讀：不追求深入理解，只是將其反覆誦讀，爛熟於心。日本右腦開發專家七田真在《超右腦照相記憶法》的「第五章——教育的原點是背誦和記憶」裡這樣論述：「『素讀』就是不追求理解所讀內容的含義，只是純粹地讀。」學習英語從素讀開始，能讓語感得到快速提高。