Young Mama Cyclist Kyoto

自転車で買い物中の若い母さん

At the northwest corner of Kawaramachi - Imadegawa, down the street from the Kamo River, a young woman checked her mail in front of the Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ bank branch.

She is standing next to an all-purpose mama-chari bike that is the most common form of transportation in Japan (fact checker: is this true? No doubt).

It was a Saturday, so it is doubtful that she has just dropped the little one at day care. But she appears to be out on errands on what was a glorious day.

The montage of her - white sporty sneakers, black tights, pink pantaloons (?), checked coat, surgeon's mask (she has pollen allergies or a cold), and her hair pulled back into a tight mini-pony-tail - framed by the silver bike on the tiled sidewalk is pure Kyoto.

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Woman in Kimono Man on Bike

着物と日傘の姿の京美人、ちゃり乗ったはるおっちゃん

A classic Kyoto scene.

An elegant woman of a certain age in a summer kimono carrying a parasol strolls north on Kiyamachi . She has been shopping and is signifying her taste and wealth with the bags she has in her left hand.

Not a hair is out of place. She is grace and perfection in motion.

In front of her, at the corner, is an "o-chan" (middle-aged guy) on his "chari" - the all-purpose Kyoto bike.

His shirt is hanging out, he has on a dirty baseball cap, the bike is oily and in need of a tuneup. And he is hot as hell and badly in need of a cold one.

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