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
- Inushima art project
- 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
- Access:
- With Shinkansen to Okayama Station
- See Garmin OKA Okayama - Kibi - Kurashiki
- practically flat
- 40 km if until Kurashiki, 58 km if coming back to Okayama
- Further details on this route:
- http://www.kancycling.com/Okayama_International_Villas/Okayama_Villa_Route.html
- Detailed route: http://cycle-guide.panasonic.jp/special/yamahon/85.do
- Overview map, with attractions: http://www.city.soja.okayama.jp/data/open/cnt/3/5904/1/map_2.jpg
- 2 more official cycle routes on hardly readable maps:
- Attractions
- Kibi plain
- Kibitsujinja 吉備津神社 Shrine
- Tsukuriyama-kofun 造山古墳 burrial mound
- Bitchu Kokubunji 備中国分寺
- Iyama Hofuku-ji 井山宝福寺
- Kurashiki nice small town
- Accommodation
- Kurashiki
- Okayama
- Or a "villa"?
- Access:
- Okayama Shinkansen station
- Or Shin Kurashiki Shinkansen station
Before Shimanami Kaido, Fukuyama - Tomonoura - Onomichi ⇒ 1 day, 43 km (or less)
Onomichi to Takehara ⇒ 1 day, 38 km
Miyajima and Iwakuni ⇒ 2 days, 35 km
- Access
- Shinkansen Fukuyama
- See Garmin HIR Fukuyama - Tomonoura - Onomichi
- essentially flat, except one steep 100 m hill right after Tomonoura
- Attractions:
- Tomonoura , small port town
- 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
- Access: Alternatively one can go from Onomichi by train to Takehara (1:15 h, one change)
- See Garmin HIR Onomichi - Takehara
- flat, except one 50 m hill
- potentially the traffic could be quite heavy along the coast
- Recommended here: http://cycle-guide.panasonic.jp/special/yamahon/96.do
- Attractions
- Takehara, nice old city
- Access:
- Train from Takehara to Hiroshima
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:
- Iwakuni, picturesque bridge & rebuilt castle
- Accommodation
- Iwakuni or next destination
- Access
- Shin-Iwakuni to Kitakyushu (Kokura): 1:10 h, direct Shinkansen
Yamaguchi
- Currently not planning to go there, but there are 3 cycle roads around Yamaguchi:
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