Day 0: Home Sweet Home
16 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Day 1: B-day, Tunnel & Land art
17 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
First long step today :)
Day 2: cold but with Thomas Train & Fuji
18 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Freezing cold wind 🥶 but spectacular landscapes & a short stop with ThomasTrain at FujiQ
Day 3: cart driver change & long descent
19 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 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 valleyЧитать далее
Day 4: mountains & sea
20 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 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 endЧитать далее
Day 5: 100 Views of Fuji & Tea trees
21 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 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”Читать далее
Day 6: bye bye Fujisan…
22 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 tantrumsЧитать далее
Day 7: Raining … Taihen desu!
23 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 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 leftЧитать далее
Che viaggio!!! Che esperienza per i bambini e per voi🤣 !!! Un abbraccione! [Vero]
Day 8: Raining&Indoor playground
24 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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🛥️
Così i bambini resistono.. vediamo più avanti... ciaooooo [Sandro Fornai]
Day 9: Ferry !
25 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 ferryЧитать далее
Day 10: Hurricane Alert
26 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌬 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 warmЧитать далее
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Hello Lorenzo ☺️ I’ll bake cookies for you next time I see you🩷
Day 11: Flat tyre … and other problems 😅
27 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 🚴 😱, theЧитать далее
Day 12: Yoshino without Sakura (not yet)
28 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 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 forЧитать далее
Day 14: lighter towards Koyasan 🙏
30 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 (withЧитать далее
Day 15: Happy Easter in Koyasan
31 марта 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 mysticalЧитать далее
Ciao .. vedo che andate avanti.. ma con quante bici ? O proseguite a piedi ? [Sandro Fornai]
Day 16: reaching full blooming
1 апреля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 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 forЧитать далее
Day 17: Sakura as fireworks 🎆
2 апреля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 YoshinoЧитать далее
Day 18: Buying a rental bike+Mig(Rain)
3 апреля 2024 г., 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-bikeЧитать далее
Day 19: a new beginning :)
4 апреля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 orЧитать далее
Day 20: Smoothly, with nice bread 🥖
5 апреля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 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 dayЧитать далее
Day 21: fast & peaceful
6 апреля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 апреля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 goingЧитать далее
Bellissime foto. ...i bimbi sono cresciuti...esperienza indimenticabile!!!! [Clara]
ПутешественникBuon 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]
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