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The Next Atomic Bomb

Battleships were once the most destructive weapons on earth, not so long ago. "...after the next war, sure as Hell, they’ll be using spears!"

How to: Suicle(スイクル) Bicycle Rental

Suicle lets you borrow a bicycle from at the train station with your IC card. Rates for registered users can be as low as ¥100 per hour. An ad-hoc, 'visitor/ビジター' rental is ¥500 for a whole day. At time of writing, Suicle is available at Musashi-Sakai/武蔵境, Higashi-Koganei/東小金井, Musashi-Koganei/武蔵小金井, and Kunitachi/国立 stations. You will need: An IC card, e.g. a Suica or Pasmo with at least ¥500 loaded; A Japanese mobile number. This is a potential show-stopper as mobile numbers are a hassle to get in Japan. They probably insist on this so they can trace phone numbers back to people and their addresses if a bicycle goes missing. The website is typically all cutesy marketing fluff and no guides, let alone anything useful in English. Let's walk through an ad-hoc rental I did today: