@Henry:
I’m glad u enjoy my blog! It’s always good to hear that my hobby is being enjoyed by others, it continues to motivate me to do my best here on my blog.

As for your questions, i’ll answer them here, then probably in future blog posts too.
Most of the bikes here are those totally cool hip bikes with the baskets on the front , but there are also some of these other ones with tiny wheels but high set handlebars and seat, kinda strange. As for my pink bike, it cost me 7000 yen, and thats a pretty cheap price. Average range is in the 10,000+ yen.

I havent really seen many western style BMX kinda bikes around, but no doubt they’re around. Not only that, i’m sure that they’d be a lot more than 10,000 yen (i’d estimate starting from around 30,000 yen).

As for the Seminar houses, maybe i’ll save that for another post about the finer details of life in the Seminar House, i’ll include some pictures too.

Thanks for visiting! Hope you stick around! Any other questions, feel free to ask!

1) BIKES. What kind of bikes can you get at the bike shops in Hirakata? When I went to Japan last summer all I saw were the basket-fronted bikes, which are cool I guess, but I would looooove to get a fast western-style single speed. is that kind of thing available? And how much do the bikes cost there?

2) The seminar houses! Can you put some pictures or something and talk a little about the specifics of like cooking there and stuff?

Thanks dude!
-Henry