I think I may have to go back to Japan (did a nine day visit about 7 years ago and LOVED it) for reasons beyond the Shinkansen. I may need to bring home a bike. Heck, I could do that in Europe too. I could become a bicycle-buying tourist! Bicycles are the new souvenirs! You know how some people collect thimbles or spoons from everywhere they go? I could buy bikes! Lots of bikes!

<drifts off, dreaming of foreign bikes...>