This is my bicycle. I got this bicycle because it was one of the few bicycles with gears at the store. The other one was dark red, but I thought black was a nice neutral, classic choice. But not long after, a Japanese friend/acquaintance sees this bike and exclaims, “Whhat?! This is your bicycle? Black?!!!?!?”
I was surprised by her response. Is it strange to have a black bike? But I had been noticing that the bike parking lot does tend to resemble a rainbow:
There is something very different about colours here. I find it fascinating and very aesthetically stimulating. The default colour choices are white, pink and sometimes blue. My favourite colour has secretly been pink for a while now, but as I am not between the ages of 6 – 13 it feels age inappropriate to embrace it. In Japan, however, if I don’t actively avoid getting pink items, I will probably end up drowning in pink without even trying!! As it is I already have a pink cellphone (it’s beautiful!).
This colour business extends to cars:
There are so many pale pink cars in Japan! And powdery, pastel shades in general. All the car colours are pretty unusual compared with Montreal (and I assume the rest of Canada as well) where deep, intense colours or various shades of silver seem to prevail.
A black bike: weird.
A pink car: common.
Kiley, nice post, but lets talk business. Since you’re in the future can you give me some sport betting tips and we’ll split the winnings? Deal?
I’d love to but now that Nishikori lost there is nothing worth predicting anymore!
It’s funny I read this post today, since I was shocke to see a beige car yesterday. It was a non-metallic beige and I actually kind of liked it for the particular car …even though as a rule I am not a fan of beige.