Route Info Japan Trip


GPS logged route:


Yellow: route by bicycle
Green: route by bullet train (Shinkansen)
Red: route by ferry

STATISTICS Japan round trip:


Days: 28
Distance by bike: 1386 km
Average = 60 Km/Day

Route:

On island: Kyushu
Fukuoka
Aso-san
Saiki (By ferry to Shikoku 3h)
On island: Shikoku
Sukumo
Kochi
Muroto
Tokushima (By ferry to Honsu 2h)
On island: Honshu
Wakayama
Koya
Nara
Kyoto
Kyoto-Tokyo (train)
Tokyo
Narita

Results of trip:


The following gifts we recieved: 4 free cans of coffee, free chips, three key rings (chicken, mushroom and monkey), 4 photos, 24 kabuki(Japanese theater) postcards, two bicycle boxes, two stickers, Free telephone call home (politly refused).
Further some other figures:
Highest temperature 28°C, lowest temperature 8°C, 50 sumo matches, uncountable black birds, 15 monkeys, 0 rabbits, many sushi and our favorite spagettie with sweet beans (japanse: spagettie to anko wa oichi) this is for japanese standards herring with cream but very good cycling food. Many japanese style slices of bread (2 cm thick)