This blog is about travelling through Japan on a bicycle. Initially on a foldable bicycle (Brompton) and more recently mostly by road bike (Spezialized)... but also by train, ferry, plane, bus or any other transport, if sea, weather, mountains or the like come between me and my desire to ride.
I have tried to summarise information that could be potentially helpful also for other bicycle travellers through Japan, such as list of bicycle roads, helpful web pages etc.

Monday 17 July 2017

San'yo - possible routes

Ferry Excursion to Inushima ⇒ 2 days, 50 km
  • Access: 
    • With Shinkansen to Okayama Station
  • Day 1: Okayama to Hoden Port and on to the ferry ⇒ 1 day, 25 km
    • See Garmin OKA Okayama - HodenPort
      • flat with 1 hill of 50 m just before arriving to the port
    • Ferry  from Hoden port to Inushima
    • Attractions
    • Accommodation:
      • Inushima (there seem to be 3 possibilities)
  • Day 2: Return to Okayama ⇒ 1 day, 25 km
    • See Garmin OKA Okayama - HodenPort
      • flat with 1 hill of 50 m just before arriving to the port
    • Ferry from Inushima to Hoden port
    • Attractions:
      • Garden in Okayama, one of the 3 best in Japan
      • Reconstructed castle
    • Accommodation:
      • Okayama

Okayama, Kibi Plain and Kurashiki ⇒ 1 day, 40 or 58 km

Before Shimanami Kaido,  Fukuyama - Tomonoura - Onomichi  ⇒ 1 day,  43 km (or less)
  • Access
    • Shinkansen Fukuyama
  • See Garmin HIR Fukuyama - Tomonoura - Onomichi
    • essentially flat, except one steep 100 m hill right after Tomonoura
  • Attractions:
  • Accommodation:
    • Onomichi
    • Mukoujima
  • Access:
    • Either by bike on to Onomichi and from there on the Shimanami Kaido
    • Or with a ferry either to Onomichi or directly to Mukoujima, first island on the Shimanami Kaido
      • From Tomonoura to Onomichi (weekend only, expensive, 2 boots per day)
      • From Tsuneishi to Utaura (4 per day)
      • From Tosaki to Utaura (daily, apparently many)

Onomichi to Takehara  ⇒ 1 day,  38 km 

Miyajima and Iwakuni ⇒ 2 days,  35 km 
  • Access: 
    • Onomichi - Miyajima Guchi Station: 2h (1 transfer)
    • Shin-Onomichi - Miyajima Guchi Station: 1:20 h (1 transfer)
  • Day 1: Miyajima ⇒ 1 day,  0 km 
    • Arrival by train and ferry
    • Attractions:
      • Miyajima (UNESCO World Heritage) island with tori in the sea
      • Festivals 23/Oct, 3/Nov, 8/Nov, 15/Nov, 18 - 26/Nov, 23/Nov
    • Accommodation:
      • Ideally on Miyajima or back on land
  • Day 2: Miyajima to Iwakuni (Shinkansen Station) ⇒ 1 day,  35 km 
    • See Garmin HIR Miyajima - Iwakuni
      • some slight up and down, max 25 m
      • potentially the traffic along the coast could be quite heavy
    • Attractions:
    • Accommodation
      • Iwakuni or next destination
  • Access
    • Shin-Iwakuni to Kitakyushu (Kokura): 1:10 h, direct Shinkansen

Yamaguchi

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