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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

That’s tough! I was earning 5M back in my mid 20s in Tokyo in the early 90s and managed to save enough to buy a new apartment back in Australia. Could buy even a hovel back there now! Hope things pick up for you

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

It’s all relative I guess. I don’t know how anyone can raise a family on the average 5M a year salary, but if you are single it would be still fairly comfortable most places in the country I would have thought

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Real estate and rents are still pretty reasonable in Japan compared to an average Japanese salary than a lot of western countries. Not fun being poor anywhere but I’d prefer to be poor here than the US or Australia

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Saw this guy with a good boy in a Ural sidecar recently. Looked like he was enjoying the ride!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Spent a day window shopping bikes as the weather today was atrocious. Found this 2004 GSXR1000 with 8000km on the clock. Pristine condition. How do you do just 8000km in 21 years??

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Dreaming of other possibilities while getting an oil change. 2011 Tuono V4. Anyone owned one?

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Did my usual loop after work last night for the first time this year. Road is clear of snow but covered in snow melt water, mud, gravel and potholes which makes for an exciting ride!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

For my first mission of the year I tracked down the elusive meat pie truck in Naganuma. Road out towards Tokachi are totally dry. Nice to be on the bike again. Kind of forget what it feels like over winter

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

You obviously haven’t heard of the world tour the Easter Islanders did once they ran out of suitably sized boulders on the island😄

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Went for a drive, purely to scope out whether it is rideable on the bike. Unfortunately still some snow and ice on the road. If I stick to heavily trafficked city roads I should be ok, so going for my first ride of the season later today. Exciting!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Still a fair bit of snow, but the gravestones are starting to poke out of the snow, so pretty much Spring!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Something very meditative about staring out at grey waters and misty mountains

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Lake Shikotsu looking moody today. The road from Sapporo still has a wee bit of snow which will probably be gone tomorrow and the road surface is horrendous now, but still fun for going zoom zoom.

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Tako is back in a smart new sweater!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Methinks it sounds pretty good

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I think it is. I like this one too. I think your Thruxton would probably be the better bike to own, but aesthetically I love this style. I like the retro English thing Triumph. I actually bought a tshirt despite not being as owner

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I’m surprised he could fit saddlebags

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

They seem such impractical bikes but I really love the style of the Triumph Bobber!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Anyone seen one of these before?

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Very nice soft and deep powder at Teine today. Quite rare conditions for this time of year. Well worth driving the adventure of driving the Panda up there!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Got a loaner from Alfa while they do my shaken. Was hoping for a Giulia, but got this tiny Fiat. Not my first choice for some pretty slippery road conditions…

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I can see that. Those Corvettes are one of the very few American cars that I like

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Nope. We have electric heaters and the house is pretty well insulated. My son is a bit of a freak though.

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Alfa Giulia in snow. Such a pretty car!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Tako helping with my work today, shortly before ravaging a bag of bread rolls. Offices workers get hungry too

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Not just Tokyo, most of Honshu. I dread going to my in-laws place in Hiroshima. It is so cold!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Yep. My son wears shorts and a T-shirt inside all winter long 😄

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

My window snow gauge is showing real progress today. Highest level all season

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Tako has discovered how to open doors. Tako no longer choose to be alone in his room and wants to be where the action is!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

We had a Somali, which is a long haired Abyssinian. Sweetest cat ever. Still miss him now

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Abyssinian. He has very short fur and apparently gets a runny nose if doesn’t wear his onesie

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

He is a very elegant cat for sure

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This is Tako. He’s staying with us for a month. Most cats when they arrive spend at least a day getting used to the new place, usually hiding under furniture.Not Tako! He was like, “ooh, new place, new people! Cool!”

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Quite the difference between neighbourhoods. Apart from Nakameguro everywhere I’ve lived in Tokyo is quite far down in the rankings

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Finally, finally the snow faucet has been switched back on in Sapporo just in time for my son’s school ski day. We had the lowest Jan snow levels in 38 years and Mt Moiwa was looking like it might entirely close, but we are saved!

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

This was the area where they had to extract the snowboarder from. He is the black blob lying in the snow. Pretty unskiable terrain. Not sure how he ended up there.

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Got to watch the rescue of a snowboarder who wrapped himself round a tree on a very steep, heavily forested off piste area. Got to admire the skill of those guys

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Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Thinking of doing a very niche series of photos just of people on chair lifts😄

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