Day 3: Ito to Matsuzaki

Today was the first dry day of riding and the landscape was beautiful.

After a delicious breakfast at the guesthouse I went on my way and started riding.

I wanted to stay away from the main highway surrounding the Izu peninsula and kept to the mountains at first. But I sucked at climbing last year and I still do. Basically, I tend to shift down to the lowest gear on long ascents and just crawl up. The downside of that is that it takes ages. 😅

I'm definitely getting better at it though. This is day 3 and I feel like I am starting to push my body a bit more each day without being dead tired or sore the day after.

Just hungry.

Turns out, #Matsuzaki is a perfect place for that. It's a walkable little town that is littered with small mom and pop restaurants, connected by bridges everywhere. It's pretty quiet outside of the high season and the first restaurant I tried was already closing. At 18:30.

I ended up at a small fish restaurant with a mix of tempura, sashimi and pickled vegetables. And loads of other things that just taste good without actually knowing what they are. 🤤

Tomorrow I intend to leave the peninsula again to head up towards the base of Mt. Fuji. It is however pretty far and with more climbing than I've done before. But there are no real options between where I am now and there so an early start is in order.

Wish me luck 😆Read more