Six Wheels Through Japan - Osaka To Sendai and Hokkaido - Part 4 - CycleBlaze

Six Wheels Through Japan - Osaka To Sendai and Hokkaido - Part 4

Riding the ancient roads of Japan

By Barry Bartlett & Mary Ellen Bartlett
1,913 km (1,188 miles) over 72 days since Apr. 5, 2025
We are heading back to Japan for trip number 4 heart 5
We are on our way heart 11
Itami airport to our hotel in Osaka heart 17
Spectacular cherry blossoms at the Osaka Castle Park heart 86
Shrines, temples and Spa World heart 15
We are on our way, heading in the direction of Tokyo..1400 km to go! heart 16
Heading to Wakayama heart 18
A day of adventure until the weather gods went ballistic heart 22
Mary Ellen has a terrible fall heart 30
On to Shirahama heart 23
Spending the day in Shirahama heart 25
From Shirahama to Esumi heart 23
Lacoma Guesthouse to Kushimoto heart 32
Staying a couple of nights at the Mercure Wakayama Kushimoto Resort heart 8
Mercure Hotel, Kushimoto to Shingu heart 43
We are entering the Mie Prefecture heart 35
Mountain Passes and Monkeys heart 23
More mountain passes and tunnels heart 31
Odai to Ise heart 12
Ise City to Cape Irago heart 20
Cape Irago to Toyohashi heart 26
An incredibly windy day in Toyohashi heart 5
Toyohashi to Hamamatsu heart 8
Golden Week challenges heart 16
Shizuoka Country Hamaoka Course and Hotel heart 9
A spectacular day of riding along the coast heart 27
Riding to Mt. Fuji heart 30
Fuji City to Mishima heart 13
Hanging out in Mishima heart 7
A spectacular but challenging ride across northern Izu Peninsula heart 34
From a Lovely Ryokan to an Aging Preoperty, such are the contrasts of travel heart 2
Lost our Rain Covers for our Trikes😿 heart 13
Fujisawa..Kamakura…Yokousaka heart 9
A ferry ride to Chiba Peninsula - a beautiful ride heart 14
Mercure hotel via Tateyama Castle to Kamenoi Hotel Kamagawa heart 21
Kamagawa to the surfing capital Ichinomiya heart 10
Ichinomiya to Asahi heart 10
We stay for three days at the hotel in Kujukuri because of heavy rain and human error heart 9
We have completed the Pacific Coast Cycling Road heart 19
Riding around Japan’s second largest lake heart 4
Another day cycling the lake cycle route heart 9
Oarai to Hitachi heart 1
Hitachi to Onahama Ocean Hotel and Golf Club heart 5
Two non-golfers hanging out another day at the golf and country club heart 0
The golf course to Hirono heart 12
Hirono to Namie heart 0
Riding through land ravaged by an earthquake triggering a tsunami heart 0
Soma to Sendai heart 0
A jam packed day in Sendai followed by a night ferry to Hokkaido heart 3
Ferry to Hokkaido heart 1
Tomokamai, Hokkaido heart 0
Oh my god, the floor is moving….an earthquake hits at 3:00 am heart 9
Heading to Sapporo heart 13
A few days in Sapporo heart 9
Sapporo Beer Museum heart 7
Second time lucky! Yokosai Sora begins today+ heart 3
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