Day 23: Oboke Gorges + Belgian family
April 8, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Running against the rain: waking up early and cycling fast to avoid the rain forecasted for the afternoon☔️. Of course we didn’t 😅 but at least only the very last part of the trip was a bitRead more
Day 24: We’ve doubled!
April 9, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Our family*2 = More fun & smoothness! Why? Kids are neutralizing each others, which means that parents can breathe 🤪
We found a lot of super nice & cute 🥰 new friends/babysitters/footballRead more
Day 25: Half way: the paddy fields
April 10, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Cycling in the paddy fields and picnicking in a beautiful playground with our friends.. Tomorrow our roads will separate, it was a such nice ride with you guys! Good luck in Korea
Day 26: Shimanami kaido 🌉
April 11, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We did half of Shimanami Kaido, the most famous cycling path in Japan, cycling from islands to islands via huge bridges over the Seto inland Sea. Beautiful Nature and impressive concrete. We saw moreRead more
Day 27: Bridges to Heaven & Space
April 12, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After shimanami kaido, we turned west and cycled the Tobishima kaido that spans a network of seven bridges across seven islands to Kure. In the middle, we reached an unexpected heaven with sand beach,Read more
Day 28: towards Hiroshima
April 13, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
View from our dome window: “Good morning & goodbye heaven!” Heading to Hiroshima via the last bridges, a short ferry ⛴️ and a long indoor tunnel. Pierre met with his friend Bertrand coming toRead more
Day 29: Hiroshima
April 14, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
“I want to go out of this museum” says Lorenzo. Ringing some bells 🔔 of peace inside the beautiful Peace memorial park after visiting the museum. The Children’s peace monument is surroundedRead more
Day 30: Floating Torii
April 15, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Itsukushima (the island popularly known as Miyajima) and its shrine with the famous floating Torii (gate). It was so inspiring that each one of us expressed himself in different ways in front of itRead more
Day 31: Kyushu, the last chapter
April 16, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
As we planned to do around 50k we didn’t take the time to take a lot of pictures but, instead, we could get into the ferry heading to Kyushu on time! The last third of our trip is now starting: timeRead more
oooh, just heard about the strong earthquake in Ehime. You must have also felt it in Kyushu. Hope all is well. At least there is no tsunami warning at this point (23:45). Simon [Simon]
Ciao ragazzi ... che strada fate ora ? Vedo tanti monti sul tragitto verso sud ! [Sandro Fornai]
Day 32: up in the Kunisaki Peninsula
April 17, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A - not so - short stop by the beautiful art & coffee (needed!) Touinryo gallery before heading to ascending roads in the Kunisaki peninsula. 100% in the middle of the nature (we didn’t see a singleRead more
Day 33: Shaking to Hell
April 18, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
After a great night in the company of a quite intense earthquake, we are ready to reach Beppu! Known for its eight major geothermal hot spots, sometimes referred to as the "eight hells of Beppu"Read more
Day 34: Family onsen before the hills
April 19, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Family onsen in Beppu before heading to Yufuin. Beautiful road: in spite of a bit of traffic (and of important elevation gain in the first part), the long descent and the greenery around was aRead more
Day 35: from Comico to steep climbs
April 20, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Visiting the Comico Museum designed by Kuma Kengo with some artworks of Yayoi Kusama 🐞and the big “Your dog” 🐩 by Yoshitomo Nara.
Then up up up, fast fast fast before the rain starts (ofRead more
Day 36:reaching Aso caldeira in the rain
April 21, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
The objective of the day was to finish the road 11 that we started two days ago, and to reach the caldeira of Aso, one of the largest in the world, and home to many nice volcanos. What we were notRead more
Day 37: Aso volcanos & its craters
April 22, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
No rain today! « Siamo contenti! 😁 » even though we might not see a lot with the clouds all around. And it would be a pity because today’s target: the beautiful Aso volcanos 🌋. Just aRead more
Day 38: Kumamoto city concrete&rain
April 24, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Very draining day in the suburbs of Kumamoto through concrete, big roads, traffic and a bit of rain 🌧️ but we found a new friend for Zoé, a yummy watermelon and a comfortable bed.
Ciao vedo dalla cartina che state accelerando .. no foto ma il pallino lampeggia sempre più giù giù giù.. vi vedo quasi in fondo ... È FINITA wow !!! [Sandro Fornai]
TravelerFacciamo andata e ritorno a Sakurajima oggi e domani traghetto per yakushima yuppieeee
Day 39: reaching nature again!
April 24, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Sunny again and a second day in the suburbs of Kumamoto, finally reaching Nature again! Very warm welcome of an old lady in a beautiful old house but not a super yummy dinner 😅 with a weird pinkyRead more
Day 40: Along Kumagawa
April 25, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌩️ 19 °C
Beautiful “emerald road” along kumagawa river, despite some works on the way (still fixing the road after the 2020 floods…). We cycled a lot of kilometers at ease, it seems we found a goodRead more
Day 41: Art & Nothing else :)
April 26, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Cycling under the rain in the morning and a yummy lunch at an Italian restaurant. Public kids library stop! Nice guest house (横川kito) in a very remote tiny village where there is nothing more thanRead more
Day 42: Kagoshima we made it!
April 28, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
There is nothing to say more than: We made it (on time)! What a journey… Days were so intense (in all possible meanings 😝) that we sometimes couldn’t remember what we had done the same morningRead more
Day 43: 100views of Sakurajima& bye bike
April 28, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Little break in Sakurajima where we enjoyed the 100 views of this active and impressive volcano island 🌋 and a dinosaurs playground (but no nice beach unfortunately...). In the late afternoon weRead more
Days 44-47: holidays in Yakushima/part1
April 29, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A long trip by bus 🚌 to reach the start of the hiking in the mystical Yakusugi Land, the land of giant and old cedar trees. Lorenzo did a 3-hour walk with (almost) no complaints but lots ofRead more
Yakushima / part2
May 2, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Meeting with a French guy (friend of friends) living in Yakushima and a splash in the sea! Then rushing for the bus to do an onsen next to the sea. At the end of the day (we decided to leave theRead more
Days: 48-49 Fukuoka
May 4, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Meeting up with Haruka, Simon, Kai and Sara in Fukuoka !! They were with us the first day of this long journey and the last one too! Zoé took advantage of Sara’s stroller, she has probably beenRead more
Day 50: Going back to Tokyo
May 5, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Going back to Tokyo with … one extra bike (the hotel in Kagoshima could not send the big box with the bicycle at the end 😂). By the end of this journey:
• Zoé could finally show with fingersRead more
