After a long time I eventually got a bike. If I'm not wrong the registration fee is 510 yen.
Ok let's start from the beginning. Kyoto is relatively flat so biking is realy easy since there are basically almost no (significant) slopes.
With biking there are some rules but I don't actually know them, so I guess as long as you ride safely... you should be more likely to survive unharmed as opposed to riding dangerously.
Bascially this post is meant to address this issue. Yes you should get a bike. It make commutive a lot faster and potentially moar fun.
Before I got a bike I considered getting a kick scooter. I didn't get one so I don't know what to think of those things, but the reason I considered it is because you don't have to park it, but you can't park it.
I don't really see people wearing helmets while riding their bicycles here either. I also still don't know where to get a helmet.
But as a pedestrian I still think bikes are scary.
I still don't know bicycle etiquette here.
So if you are still wondering if you should get a bike or not. I'd (after getting a bike) advise to get one if you can afford one. I got mine for under 10000yen. It really saves some time, even for short distances (not super short distance) like going to the supermarket or convenience store. And some bikes have a basket.
That's all for now i guess
Hi! For the KUINEP spring semester in Kyoto, I know that it starts in April, but when does it end? I did some research, some sources said end august while other said end september. Hope to hear from you soon!
ReplyDeleteWell, it depends on how you define a semester. The way I define the end of a semester is when there are no more classes.
Deleteat the end of each semester according to my definition, there is one week of "feedback classes". This might be an extra class incase anyone is interested, or a class to give feedback. I didn't attend any because I thought I didn't really have any feed back and I forgot to go to the extra class, which is just my fault for forgetting.
Ok the answer you want is in 2016 spring semester actual classes ended 21st of July, exams ended 28th of July and the last feedback class was 4th of August.
Tldr: spring semester ends at the end of July, before August
I forgot to mention that the way 京大 defines a semester is from the 1st day of the semester until before the next semester. that is why they say send of september, because the next semester starts in october.
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