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ロバートのクロスカントリーのサイクリングツアー 2018年はじめてクロスカントリーのサイクリングツアーをしました。ルートのなまえはトランスアメリカでした。ヴァージニアのヨークタウンからオレゴンのアストリアまでいきました。7411キロをはしりました。67にちじてんしゃにのりました。すごかったです。 また2019年わたしはクロスカントリーをしました。ルートのなまえはノーザンティアでした。メイン州のバーハーバーからワシントン州のアナコルテスまでいきました。7611キロをはしりました。60にちじてんしゃにのりました。くせになるくらいたのしかったです。 2020年ふゆやすみチリにいきました。わたしはともだちのスコットさんとカレテラオーストラルにいきました。1226キロをはしりました。15にちじてんしゃにのりました。きれいでした。 2020年なつはコビッドでした。わたしはクロスカントリーのサイクリングツアーをしました。ブルックリンからオレゴンのポートランドまでいきました。6621キロをはしりました。53にちじてんしゃにのりました。 2021年と2022年と2023年のはるやすみサザンティアのルートをはしりました。フロリダのセントオーガスティンからカリフォルニアのサンディエゴまでいきました。5357キロをはしりました。43にちじてんしゃにのりました。わたしはテキサスがすきじゃないです。 2021年ろくがつウェスタン・エクスプレスのルートをはしりました。コロラドのプエブロからサンフランシスコまでいきました。2791キロをはしりました。26にちじてんしゃむずかしかったです。 2022年と2023年のふゆやすみメキシコにいきました。トランスメキシコのルートをはしりました。マサトランからオアハカまでじてんしゃにのりました。オフロードでした。むずかたしいでした。2701キロをはしりました。29にちじてんしゃにのりました。46,074㍍のぼりました。 2022年なつグレイト・ディバイドのルートをはしりました。ニューメキシコのアンテロープ・ウェルズからカナダのアルバータのジャスパーまでいきました。5155キロをはしりました。44にちじてんしゃにのりました。60,146㍍のぼりました。 2023年なつはじめてちょうたいきゅうレースをしました。キルギスにいきました。シルクロードマウンテンレースを

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• 前置 • Table of Contents   • Introduction • Exploring Tokyo   • Day 1 Tokyo to Fujiyoshida • Day 2 Fujiyoshida to Fujimi • Day 3 Fujimi to Nojiri • Day 4 Nojiri to Minokamo • Day 5 Minokamo to Maibara • Day 6 Maibara to Kyoto • Two Off Days in Kyoto • Day 7 Kyoto to Nara • Day 8 Nara to Koyasan • Day 9 Koyasan (Honshu) to Anan (Shikoku) • Day 10 Anan to Meotoiwa • Day 11 Meotoiwa to Kochi • Day 12 Kochi to Nakatosa • Day 13 Nakatosa to Ohki Beach • Day 14 Ohki Beach to Ainan • Day 15 Ainan to Shimonada • Day 16 Shimonada to Imabari • Day 17 Imabari to Kami-kamagari Island • Day 18 Kami-kamagari Island to Matsuyama • Day 19 Kitakyushu (Kyushu) to Kunisaki • Day 20 Kunisaki to Yufu • Day 21 Yufu to Minamiaso • Day 22 Minamiaso to Kumamoto • Day 23 Kumamoto to Takachiho • Day 24 Takachiho to Hyuga • Day 25 Hyuga to Nichinan • Day 26 Nichinan to Kushima • Day 27 Kushima to Nejime • Day 28 Nejime roundtrip to Cape Sata • Epilogue • Stats • Gear Review • Other Tour Logs ⥢ prev   -home-   nex

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Japan has been on my wishlist for a long time. Unfortunately the best months to go are in the spring or fall which conflict with my teaching schedule. The summer is brutally hot and humid, and the winters are cold. My aim was to do a length of Japan tour from the bottom to the top, and I wanted to have basic language skills before embarking. It occurred to me that I could do the bottom half this June and the top half in 2025. June, hopefully wouldn't be too hot, although it is the rainy season. I took a Japanese class this spring, and gave it my all. I researched dozens of routes, most of which were shared by other cyclists on a Japanese cycling group on Facebook. I will be cycling on three islands; Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. I will pass through five regions; Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Shikoku, Kyushu. I'll leave Tokyo on the ancient Nakasendo route through the mountains to Kyoto. From there I'll head south to Wakayama, where I'll take a ferry to Shikoku. There's a pil

Exploring Tokyo

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Exploring Tokyo May 26, 2024 Tokyo 63Km Start   7:26 AM Finish   2:43 PM Total Duration  7:17 Moving Time  4:32 Stopped Time  2:45 Ascent 260m   Descent   312 m Details at: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/182699188 I arrived yesterday morning after a 14 hour flight. My ground transportation was waiting for me at the airport, and took me to my hotel. Everything went like clockwork. I assembled my bike, bathed in the rooftop onsen, and then took the train to Yokohama to visit my Brooklyn neighbors, whom are spending the month here. They took me to スシロ (Sushiro), a modern Japaneses equivalent of the automat. Orders were placed on a screen and the food was delivered via conveyer belt. It was so much fun! Later we went to a large grocery store, where I purchased mosquito spray. We watched sumo wrestling on tv when we got back. I got lost on my way home on the labyrinth Tokyo subway system. My jet-lag was tremendous. I woke up in the middle of the night and took a sleeping pill. Sunday morning

Japan Summer 2024 - Day 1 • Tokyo to Fujiyoshida

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Japan Summer 2024 - Day 1   May 27, 2024 Tokyo to Fujiyoshida - 124 Km Start   AM  Finish   PM Total Duration 8:51 Moving Time   Stopped Time   Ascent 1728m   Descent   977m Tour Total   124 Km Details at:     I woke before my 7am alarm, and noticed that it was cloudy and windy outside. I checked out of the Mitsui Garden Hotel and rode out of Gotanda on a bike bike path running alongside the Meguro River. I was wearing  my jersey, bib shorts, socks, and sandals. I returned to the busy six-lane boulevard that I had  ridden last night to meet Mihane. The roadway paralleled the river. I found Tokyo to be rather drab. Aside from a few notable exceptions, the architecture was not especially interesting. That said, it's clean. There's no garbage or graffiti. I heard not a single horn honk.  I rode 35 minutes west to get to reach my first route segment. Between the large boulevards Google Maps wound me through small alleys. I stopped at train track crossing as it began to drizzle. It

Japan Summer 2024 - Day 2 • Fujiyoshida to Fujimi

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Japan Summer 2024 - Day 2  May 28, 2024 Fujiyoshida to - Fujimi 102Km Start  8:39AM Finish 6:41PM Total Duration 10:02 Moving Time 7:12 Stopped Time 2:49 Ascent 1549m  Descent  1429m Tour Total  226Km Details at: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/183667660 I slept well last night in cozy pod number 225 at the Cabin & Lounge Highland Station Inn in Fujiyoshida. I had weird dreams, one of which involving landing a jet plane atop the Pan Am building in New York. I woke up at 2am and took an ambien to go back to sleep. My alarm went off at 7am, and I got up to go use the bathroom and shave. When I returned, another guest complained that my snooze alarm had gone off and woken everybody else. I hate the snooze function. I never use it. When my alarm goes off, I get up. Why is the snooze function a default? After I packed up and headed downstairs, I could see that it was pouring rain outside. I had a warm can of  vending machine  coffee and sat for a moment in the reception area. I was wearin

Japan Summer 2024 - Day 3 • Fujimi to Nojiri

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Japan Summer 2024 - Day 3 May 29, 2024 Fujimi to Nojiri 123Km Start 6:11AM Finish  6:45PM Total Duration 12:27 Moving Time 7:44 Stopped Time 4:43 Ascent 1197m  Descent 1694m Tour Total 349Km Details at: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/183709332 I slept all right in the restroom building at Fujimi Park. It was warm and cozy inside my tent. I had to get up several times during the night to use the nearby toilet. It got cold in the middle of the night and I had to zip up the fly flap and envelope myself in my sleeping bag and silk liner. Birds started chirping around 5am and I could hear human activity. The sun rises early here. It was a slow pack up. There's nothing worse than putting on cold wet clothing first thing in the morning. I made my way back out to Highway 20 and returned to the route. I relished every time the sun appeared. I was wearing my bib shorts, jersey, gilet, rain jacket, buff, leg-warmers, and a fresh pair of socks that I discovered had a hole. I made my way down th