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  • Over the holidays I was given a can of icy light followed by some real dirt weed, I passed on both and then took a short ride on a nishiki ariel(?) circa 87'(back brakes under the bottom bracket!) and realized I'd rather stay sober than drink monkey piss and smoke dirt and I'd rather not ride If I have to ride crap.

    New Customs: Changing Language, Changing Bikes BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • The name of the tree, a large specimen in a wooden boxed container, was a japanese name of some sort, nishiki as part of it possibly.

    Follow The Foliage « Fairegarden 2009

  • He moved as he had been taught as a young boy, in a motion known as kagiri nishiki, where only one limb was moving at any time.

    The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

  • In the rural district of Yamagata, Japan, the farmers who grow expensive sato-nishiki cherries held their annual cherry pit-spitting competition two weeks ago.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • While newspaper nishiki-e most often retold stories of scandalous or heinous crimes, they occasionally presented accounts of monsters, ghosts and mysterious happenings, such as the ones included here.

    BC Bloggers 2008

  • screw all you jerks. this dumb blog is about bikes. bikes are fun and i like them, from my first one, a red schwinn stingray, to my most recent, a nishiki.

    BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I have some hakuro nishiki and didn’t realize they should be cut down for the best growth – will add to the to do list!

    Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010

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