Japan 2013 (preliminary edition)


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1. CPH 12.08.13

2. Narita - Tone 13.08.13

3. Tone 14.08.13

4. Tone 15.08.13

5. Tone - Oarai 16.08.13

6. Oarai - Tomakomai 17.08.13

7. Tomakomai - Iwamizawa 18.08.13

8. Iwamizawa - Azahikawa 19.08.13

9. Azahikawa - Kamikawa 20.08.13

10.Kamikawa - Nukabira Onsen 21.08.13

11.Nukabira Onsen - Tokachigawa 22.08.13

12.Tokachigawa - Kushiro 23.08.13

13.Kushiro - Shibesha 24.08.13

14.Shibesha - Lake Kussharo 25.08.13

15.Lake Kussharo - Lake Akan 26.08.13

16.Lake Akan - Abashiri 27.08.13

17.Abashiri 28.08.13

18.Abashiri - Sapporo (tog) 29.08.13

19.Sapporo - Otaru 30.08.13

20.Otaru - Kamoenai 31.08.13

21.Kamoenai - Makkari 01.09.13

22.Makkari - Yakumo 02.09.13

23.Yakumo - Hakodate 03.09.13

24.Hakodate - Aomori 04.09.13

25.Aomori - Lake Towada 05.09.13

26.Lake Towada - Lake Tazawa 06.09.13

27.Lake Tazawa - Hanamaki 07.09.13

28.Hanamaki - Tsukidate 08.09.13

29.Tsukidate - Sendai 09.09.13

30.Sendai - Tone 10.09.13

31.Tone 11.09.13

32.Tone 12.09.13

33.Tone - Kurihama 13.09.13

34.Kurihama - Hakone 14.09.13

35.Hakone - Gotemba 15.09.13

36.Gotemba 16.09.13

37.Gotemba - Fujinomiya 17.09.13

38.Fujinomiya - Shizuoka (Kyoto) 18.09.13

39.Kyoto 19.09.13

40.Kyoto 20.09.13

41.Kyoto 21.09.13

42.Kyoto - Nara 22.09.13

43.Nara - Wakayama 23.09.13

44.Wakayama - Higashikagawa 24.09.13

45.Higashikagawa - Takamatsu 25.09.13

46.Takamatsu - Iya Valley 26.09.13

47.Iya Valley 27.09.13

48.Iya Valley - Imabari 28.09.13

49.Imabari - Onomichi 29.09.13

50.Onomichi - Hiroshima 30.09.13

51.Hiroshima 01.10.13

52.Hiroshima - Takayama (tog) 02.10.13

53.Takayama 03.10.13

54.Takayama - Matsumoto 04.10.13

55.Matsumoto - Hakuba 05.10.13

56.Hakuba - Nagano 06.10.13

57.Nagano - Tone 07.10.13

58.Tone 08.10.13

59.Tone - Narita 09.10.13

60. Narita - CPH 10.10.13

I met Nori in the Jugendherberge in Bremen in 2012, where he was on a long bicycle trip from Paris, up through Denmark, Sweden and Finland and further on through Eastern Europe to Istanbul.

We've been in contact since then and I had the idea that going to Japan I would at least know one person there.

Besides I didn't know much about Japan, but that's why you travel - to learn new things.

As usual I searched for informations from others that had travelled the country, but didn't find much. I followed my routine travelling for 60 days. That's due to the paragraphs in my insurance. Made a plan that would take me all around Japan. It would take me at least 90 days, so when I arrived 13.08.13 I knew that the plan needed adjustments. Bought a bicycle bag in Tokyo in the start, so I was able to go by train too and followed the plan: to start up north while it was hottest and work my way south from there.

The route went to Oarai. With a ferry to Hokkaido. Around most of Hokkaido. With a ferry to Aomori. Further on through Tohuko (northern Honshu) to Sendai. With the train to Omiya and back to Tone. Further on south to the ferry across the Tokyo Bay to Karihama and along the coast. Due to a typhoon I gave up the Izo penninsula and left the coast for Gotemba, where I stayed while the typhoon passed. Around Mt. Fuji to Fujinomiya and Shizuoka. With the train to Kyoto. From Kyoto to Nara and Wakayama. With a ferry to Tokushima in Shikoku. To Naruto and Takamatsu. South west to the Iya valley in central Shikoku. To Imabari. Across The Inland Sea on the bridges to Onomichi and Hiroshima. With train to Takayama. Across the mountains to Matsumoto. North to Hakuba and in the end Nagano. Back with the train to Tokyo og Tone.