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- Day 3–4
- May 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM - May 31, 2025
- 1 night
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
JapanFujisawa35°18’33” N 139°29’11” E
Day 1: Tokyo to Fujisawa

The land of endless suburbs.
Today I rode from where I was in #Tokyo near #Akihabara down south to the coastal city of #Fujisawa.
I got treated to a full day of drizzle but luckily I brought the good jacket and pants. +1 for the former #Bever in me.
Along the way I visited the "world famous in certain circles" bike shop called #BlueLug. They've got some of the best and coolest gear around with many custom orders from awesome Japanese manufacturers like @MKS, @Panaracer and @Nitto.
I'll have to drop by again when I come back to Tokyo at the end of my vacation.
The plan now is to continue going down and do a loop around the #Izu #peninsula before going back up again and zoom by the base of #MtFuji before heading into the mountains.
Still lots of #rain being predicted but I can dress for that.
While I should have of course expected it with 14 million people in the main city and 41 million in the Tokyo area, I was not entirely prepared for a day riding though... Japanese suburbs.
It was a fun (and slow) trip riding through endless rows of similar homes with gardens for the entire day. It wasn't necessarily boring though. While most of these houses looked similar or even had the same shapes, you can tell they put in the work to make each one look different on the outside. The extreme range of surface materials I saw today was impressive.
From tiles in all colours, spre-shaped plastic cladding to wood. It was all there.
Most of it would look gaudy elsewhere but here it looked cute. What definitely helped was the care people took of their gardens. No fields of grass but perfectly shaped trees, flowers and bushes everywhere.
It almost made up for the complete lack of bike paths. 😆
Japan doesn't do bicycle paths like but essentially has blue arrows in some places with a bicycle on it... but those are all used for parking by cars.
Another score for #paintisnotinfrastructure.
Alternatively, you get to share the sidewalk. Which is slow. 🐢
That being said, expect a bit less buildings and more nature the coming days.Read more
TravelerBen benieuwd hoever je vandaag gaat komen . En hoe het landschap eruit ziet. De weersverwachting is voor zaterdag in de ochtend kans op neerslag, Zondag en maandag droog 25 graden
TravelerJa klopt. Ik ga tot aan Ito vandaag. Heb net een reservering gedaan voor een onsen aan de zee. Maar waarschijnlijk is het heel de dag regen 😅