Day 0: Home Sweet Home
16 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We left (of course) a lot later than we had thought.. and with one tooth less (Lorenzo, after playing frisbee just before leaving 😅).
Leaving!
16 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Leaving from Tokyo (but not from home) with an “Omamori” for each bike 🍀. Lino dropped us by car closer to nature and to our first camping, only reachable by boat…
Surprise B-day & Fondue
16 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Day 1: B-day, Tunnel & Land art
17 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
First long step today :)
Day 2: cold but with Thomas Train & Fuji
18 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Freezing cold wind 🥶 but spectacular landscapes & a short stop with ThomasTrain at FujiQ
Day 3: cart driver change & long descent
19 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Cart driver change (Pierre is too slow with the cart :)), still very cold, some snow around, a few farm animals (of which a big cow ;) ), big roads and tiny ones… A long way down to the valleyEn savoir plus
Day 4: mountains & sea
20 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Beautiful sunny day from the mountains to the sea toward Shizuoka. Bye bye Fujinomiya and the old kind man of Koi 🐟, hello orange 🍊 trees! It’s warmer here but lots of wind 🌬️ at the endEn savoir plus
Day 5: 100 Views of Fuji & Tea trees
21 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
It was worth some detours to admire one hundred views of Fuji during this - long but beautiful sunny day. From the hills, from the tea trees 🌳 and from the beach. Nice and warm “minshuku”En savoir plus
Day 6: bye bye Fujisan…
22 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Wind turbines (and lots of cold 🥶 wind) on our way, with the sea 🌊 on our left and Fuji san smaller and smaller in our back… Zoé said the ramen 🍜 was good 👍 in between a few tantrumsEn savoir plus
Day 7: Raining … Taihen desu!
23 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Lots of raining today, a heavenly moment (for the kids) in this super-duper indoor playground and a nightmare for the parents trying to book a hotel for the night in Hamamatsu (no rooms leftEn savoir plus
Day 8: Raining&Indoor playground
24 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Another wonderful day for the kids 🥳 (amazing public indoor children playgrounds & lovely staff members) and… another rainy day for the parents 😅 but getting closer to our first ferry crossing🛥️
Day 9: Ferry !
25 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Arriving (finally) at Irago cape under a mild but annoying rain ☔️. Not the weather to stop and enjoy the nice canola flowers along the road. Ferry ⛴️ ! Kids are very happy to enter the ferryEn savoir plus
Day 10: Hurricane Alert
26 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
This morning, one of us (guess who) was hesitating in getting on the bikes with a hurricane 🌀 alert 🚨 and heavy rain 🌧️… but one of us convinced (with coffee) the group to leave our warmEn savoir plus
Day 11: Flat tyre … and other problems 😅
27 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
11:15 am: We left way behind schedule, but cycling well for 20km, nice weather, beautiful landscapes, cedar & cypress cut trees on the way
12:15am: Flat tyre rear of the yellow bike 🚴 😱, theEn savoir plus
Day 12: Yoshino without Sakura (not yet)
28 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Reaching Yoshino cycling through beautiful landscapes looking for Sakura… very few it is still quite cold. San Kirou, a charming renovated old ryokan is waiting for us…
Day 13: RIP yellow bike
29 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
One extra night in Yoshino to … try repairing the yellow bike. Crazy and Impossible. RIP yellow bike… In the meanwhile having some luck in meeting people next door who organized an art atelier forEn savoir plus
Day 14: lighter towards Koyasan 🙏
30 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
With one bike less and even fewer luggages, we have been reaching Koyasan - some of us a little bit by bike some others only train/ropeway/bus - sleeping in a wonderful Buddhist temple Dai'en-in (withEn savoir plus
Day 15: Happy Easter in Koyasan
31 mars 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
An unexpected envelope from a monk, friend of Rika san (from Zoé's hokuen), with little presents from Koyasan ♥️ then a walk - bus (back and forth+forth and back+…) to discover this mysticalEn savoir plus
Day 16: reaching full blooming
1 avril 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
As Sakuras timidly reach full blooming in the region of Wakayama, we could not reach our objective to find a new bike 🚴 (two nice shops are closed today and tomorrow😅 ). We split in 2 groups forEn savoir plus
Day 17: Sakura as fireworks 🎆
2 avril 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
While waiting for the bike shops in Wakayama to open, we took a day of break and went back on our steps, this time with a rented car. Sakura as fireworks 🎆 all around, finally discovering YoshinoEn savoir plus
Day 18: Buying a rental bike+Mig(Rain)
3 avril 2024, Inland Sea ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
The day started with the contrast between beautiful Sakura garden and heavy rain and migraine… Still full of hope to find a good e-bike! But it turned out to be impossible to find a decent e-bikeEn savoir plus
Day 19: a new beginning :)
4 avril 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Our day started with absolutely no idea whether we would be able to continue our trip or not, as the new bike has no easy system to attach the cart 🛒, no bicycle basket 🧺 or luggage rack orEn savoir plus
Day 20: Smoothly, with nice bread 🥖
5 avril 2024, Japon ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
After having dropped the idea of biking until Mount Tsurugi (no open guest houses and ropeway still closed and some of us happier than others ✌️), we finally got a very well deserved smooth dayEn savoir plus
Day 21: fast & peaceful
6 avril 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Morning at the playground with our Japanese-Belgian friends 🛝. Leaving a lot later than usual but biking very fast 💨 and straight into the valley until the next hotel, with onsen 🧖♀️
Day 22: Marvelous Iya Valley
7 avril 2024, Japon ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Iya river, beautifully meandering in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains 🏔️, with a Mannekenpis 🤷♀️ peeing down and trying to reach the river, with a surrealist ropeway goingEn savoir plus
VoyageurBuon Viaggio 😘
You two (or should I say 4) are the ONLY reason I’ve restarted jogging and I’m trying to be healthier! Bravo Ellie! Bravo Pierre! We are cheering for you - and will buy you all the pancakes you can eat at the crêperie when you come back 😁😁😁😁😁 🎉 🍾 [Anny]
Voyageur🤩😋😍