自転車で大阪をぶらぶらOsaka gets a bad rap in many things.
It is "dirty," it is "dangerous," it is "crude," etc.
Beyond its colorful dialect - which in Tokyo is often perceived of as "crude" - the city's famed comedy (ditto), and its food culture, most non-Osakans don't have a very positive image of Japan's second city.
In reality, though, the city is clean, safe, and compared to anywhere other than Tokyo it is not crude at all.
For cyclists, moreover, it is flat, relatively compact, and thanks to wide boulevards that crisscross the city it has a decent bicycle infrastructure.
Bike lanes are found in many parts of the city, particularly just outside the most central part of the city. (In late October, there was a bicycle "demonstration," in which roughly 100 cyclists rode down Midosuji Dori, the main drag of Osaka, protesting the lack of bike lanes.)
On the elevated part of the Chuo Line train en route to the recent Cycle Mode International convention, many many bike only lanes were visible.
In southern Osaka near Hirano, a wide street has a painted bike lane and parking - both under the freeway.
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