JaponTakamatsu-saki34°36’56” N 137°12’32” E 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🛥️
JaponOhama34°29’29” N 136°50’0” E 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
JaponNita34°28’4” N 136°33’8” E 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
JaponIitakachō-haze34°25’16” N 136°8’32” E 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
JaponKamiichi34°23’43” N 135°51’18” E
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…
JaponKamiichi34°23’43” N 135°51’18” E 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
JaponKōya San34°12’47” N 135°35’23” E 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
JaponKōya San34°12’44” N 135°34’35” E
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
JaponWakayama34°14’23” N 135°10’38” E 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
JaponIitakachō-haze34°25’15” N 136°8’32” E 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
Così i bambini resistono.. vediamo più avanti... ciaooooo [Sandro Fornai]
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