Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Another one of my pandemic hobbies is model making. In 2021, I completed 14 models, all of which you can see on my Flickr. I also post most of them...

On weekdays, except for cycling, I’m spending most of my waking hours working. I’m an early riser, I work from home, and my team is basically 8 hours behind me...

I started riding in 2020 May but it was 2021 that I got really into it. In 2020 I used to ride about 35 miles / 50km a week, which...

I’ve been painting with watercolors since this summer. I fell from my bike, injured my ankle, and I couldn’t ride for about 6 weeks, so I had to find something...

One of my colleagues have tweeted about how open-source projects are individually unique and therefore individuals who seek to participate in such projects should focus on learning about their projects,...

I’ve participated in my first cycling event today. Really more of a big festival. It was such a nice clear autumn day.

I continue to ride my bike. 1hr on a weekday, then one long weekend ride. ~250km per week.

According to my wife, her late father used to drive this bike for commute in Tokyo. He was a chubby man, this is a tiny bike, so I try to...

It’s wonderful that Facebook lets me hear words from my friends every once a year, especially in this 2nd year of the pandemic when I’m not seeing many people. So...

Almost exactly one year after I started, I’ve finally completed my transcontinental virtual bike tour from San Jose, California to New York City, New York. 4723km ~= 2936miles. Quite a...

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m at Rutherfurd Hall in Allamuchy, New Jersey.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m in DuBois, Pennsylvania.

My colleague told me a while back that he watched Nomadland and he wondered what I’d think of the movie. Yesterday I finally had a chance to watch it.

I wanted to assemble a motorcycle model. And it had to be a Harley Davidson. I think it’s because now I ride a bicycle. It makes me appreciate the feeling...

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m at William H. McGuffey Boyhood Home, near the border between Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m in Fremont. OH.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’ve just entered Ohio.

My next build is Lotus Super 7. This was an “in-between” build; a kit that I bought without careful consideration, just so that I have something at hand to build....

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I left Illinois and entered Indiana.

From this visitor center and Wikipedia I learned that there's a 100 mile canal here that connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi river.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I crossed the Mississippi river. This feels like a major milestone to me. Good bye, Iowa, hello, Illinois!

I’m doubling down on the painting part of the model making. This is the most fun part of the whole process for me.

I’m biking east along Interstate highway 80 and today I’m visiting the “world’s largest wooden nickel”. It’s 16 feet / 5m across.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Des Moines, Iowa.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m stopping by at Jesse James historical site.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Avoca, Iowa, just because my ex-colleague at Sun Microsystems told me this is his home town.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m crossing the Missouri river. Leaving Nebraska behind and entering Iowa, two states that I have never been to. It took me 35...

I continue to put together more models. Another pandemic coping mechanism of mine.

To clear any confusions I might have created, let me clarify how I’m organizing this virtual bike trip.

I’m biking east along I-80 and I’m in the middle of nowhere.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I went through the Archway. It looks like a bridge over I-80, and it sure draws attention.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m visiting Pony Express Station & Museum in Gothenburg, Nebraska. I travelled more than 80km this 3 day weekend, including one 48km trip,...

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Overnight sleeper services are all but gone today in Japan, but it used to be a vital transportation mode.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Sidney, Nebraska. Wikipedia says the city is named after a president of the Union Pacific Railroad.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.