16Apr
Cycling the length of Japan
Andor and Patrick will try to cycle the length of Japan. Andor flies via Tokyo to Fukuoka and Patrick is flying via Seoul with his bike to Fukuoka. Fukuoka was chosen because it is an international ai...
17Apr
Fukuoka - Saga 80 km
It is a rainy day. We start looking in Fukuoka for a rack for Andor's bike. Although i offered him to cycle with his luggage the length of Japan i am glad he wanted to carry his own luggage. Extra bur...
18Apr
Saga - Obama 109 km
The rain is gone, the sun is shining ! Because of the rain and the rack yesterday we are a little behind schedule and want to make it to kuzake before sunset so we can go dolphin whatching. Everything...
19Apr
Obama Mount-Aso (Almost) 126 km
After a good night in the dolphin hotel we hurried to Kazusa to go for a dolphin watching cruise. When looking at documentaries it looks as if the dolphins are swimming along the boat trying to attrac...
20Apr
Aso - Yawatahama 218 km
Under a bright sun and with a very kind lady of the house saying goodbye we moved on to Beppu and to take the ferry to Yawatahama. The owner search the web for the timetable of the ferry and we had pl...
21Apr
Yawatahama - Imabari 116 km
The ferry arrived late last night. It was choosing between an early in the morning ferry or a late night and because Andor likes to sleep a little bit longer i decided to take the late night ferry in ...
22Apr
Imabari - Kurashiki 157 km
An amazing bikepath from Imabari to Onomichi. About 70 km cycling over amazing bridges and roads without or with few cars passing. The cyclist is king on this 70 km.
23Apr
Kurashiki - Kakogawa 218 km
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24Apr
Kakogawa - Otsu 141 km
It was a tough day. It has been raining all day. Instead of taking small mountain roads Patrick decided to go via the sea and via Osaka to Lake Biwa. Finding our road with 3 GPS devices 2 smartphones ...
25Apr
Otsu - Tsuruga 90 km
After a split i always have a unhappy feeling. I completely understand Andors reason to quit because cycling the length of Japan is not always possible with roads that turn around the church. And i am...
26Apr
Tsuruga - Kanazawa 137 km
In the morning i got myself a membercard for the Tokyo-Inn hotels. You can not find them on booking.com and with 260 hotels all over Japan it is definitely worth knowing where one can sleep. Not the c...
27Apr
Kanazawa - Joetsu 190 km
Today was easy going. A nice tailwind, not to hot and a Nationa 8 that was maybe small at some points but far more better than a workaround from maps.me ( climbing of an extra 700 meter ) Grt
28Apr
Joetsu - Jigokudane 67 km
The climb to Jigokudane was not the easiest with climbing percentages up to 15 %. But i can assure you that ones i saw the monkeys all the pain fell of my legs and i started smiling like a child. This...
29Apr
Jigokudane - Niigata 178 km
The chase of Cherry blossom has started. I need to move as fast as possible to Hokkaido to see the blossom of the cherry three. The last challenge for the cycle2capesoya trip. I started early because ...
30Apr
Niigata - Sakata 171 km
After half a day following the coast, because nobody could tell me if route 7 was allowed for bikes, i met a few Japanese cyclists telling me that route 7 is perfect for cycling and he even offered ...
1May
Sakata - Odata 220 km
It was going to be a long day because i wanted to trap Sakura when it was best viewed. And for Hakodate that should be 02 May if you can believe internet off course. It was a flat journey with some tu...
2May
Odata - Hakodate 207 km
I started early ( before breakfast ) leaving Dithor sleeping. The main goal was to be in Aomorie before the afternoon ferry so i could see the cherry blossoms today. It was only 100 km cycling but the...
3May
Hakodate - Otoschibe 81 km
First aim in the morning is to go looking for Sakura. One of the four goals i wanted to achieve this cycling holiday. So i went to the park and climbed mount Hakodate almost completely without really ...
4May
Otoshibe - Rusutsu 126 km
I left Otoshibe early and only the fish from my breakfast appealed to me. I don't know why but the japanese breakfast is not exactly what i want in the morning and what my body needs to climb mountain...
5May
Rusutsu - Saporro 75 (95) km
The owners from the Ohiswana house sent me on my way to Saporro with lots of compliments and a breakfast. I made an appointment in a bikeshop for a box i need later next week to return to Belgium. Aft...
6May
Saporro - Haboro 190 km
Today it is a quiet flat road bringing me to the west coast of Hokkaido. Although the day started well with a little tailwind and sunshine it ended with bad weather, rain and cold again. In Rumoi i w...
7May
Haboro - Wakkanai 132 km
It is not the cycling that starts boring at the end of a trip,but the weather conditions that make cycling difficult. When i looked at the windmap in Hakodate the wind should be in favor until tonig...
8May
Wakkanai - Cape Soya 32 km
The end is near. The wind God did not change his mind and gave me for the last 30 km headwind with speeds up to 40 km/hr but i had not the intention to give up before i could see the monument at the n...
10May
Kushiro
Because everything went well while cycling: no flats, no meds no technical issues i had a few days left before i could go back to Belgium. So after having seen wonderful things like the dolphins in t...
