When I started using a Kawasaki Pillion Seat Cover on my previous Ninja 250SL model year 2015 in Lime Green and Ebony, I felt odd because the front of the rubber damper frequently touched my buttocks. However, I got used to it after a few rides. The photograph above shows my current model year 2016 in Candy Plasma Blue with a Pillion Seat Cover in the autumn of 2019.
The Izu Peninsula drops sharply toward the sea. From the Nishi-Izu Skyline to Shizuoka Prefectural Road Route 59, the road descends through dense woods. Orientation becomes unclear. Small branches lie across the pavement. Attention narrows to the immediate surface and what’s ahead.
The sunlit, vermilion two-story gate of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, photographed in the winter of 2017.
The black-and-white platform roof of Kita-Kamakura Station in Yamanouchi, Kamakura, photographed in the winter of 2016.
White safety cones and scaffolding surrounding the two-story gate of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, photographed during the gate’s construction in the summer of 2014.
The finely crafted votive board at Iseyama Kotai Shrine in Momijizaka, Yokohama, photographed in the spring of 2019.
A view of the Akabane area under dark thunderclouds from Yawatazaka in Akabanedai, Tokyo, photographed at dusk in the autumn of 2020.