A Pre Knee Replacement tour of Japan - CycleBlaze

A Pre Knee Replacement tour of Japan

By Barry Bartlett
1,418 km (881 miles) over 66 days between Oct. 5, 2025 and Dec. 9, 2025
It’s all about the knees! heart 6
Finding Accomodation is a challenge… heart 4
Off to Vancouver Airport…Have Accommodation will Travel! heart 18
After 15 hours of travel, we are in Japan…dazed, a bit confused, yet happy. heart 8
Assembling the trikes and riding to Kobe in 30 degree humidity heart 12
Kobe heart 9
Farewell Kobe and a ferry trip to Takamatsu on Shikoku heart 12
A few days in Takamatsu heart 27
Takamatsu to Marugame heart 8
Marugame to Shizokochou heart 8
Shizokochuo to Saijo - A day of good timing and incredible luck heart 4
From Saijo to Imabari heart 21
Shimanami Kaido heart 35
On to Onomichi via the Shimanami Kaido route heart 24
Riding the Shimanami Kaido back to Imabari heart 21
A beautiful ride to Matsuyama heart 10
Matsuyama…we visit an amazing temple and soak in a local Onsen heart 8
A beautiful ride along the coast heart 12
We ride to Yawatahama to catch a ferry heart 36
A ferry ride to Beppu on Kyushu heart 19
Beppu the city of hot springs heart 17
Another Day in Hell heart 2
Riding to Oita heart 16
A few days in Oita heart 1
Riding the Pacific coast to Usuki heart 21
Saiki. Staying at a local favourite, Hotel AZ heart 25
Camping at a beautiful beach by Michi Kitauru heart 0
Nobeoka for a couple of days…En City Hotel heart 15
Nobeoka to Kawaminami heart 16
Another R9, Saito heart 1
A spectacular ride to Miyazaki…Dormy Inn 2 nights heart 4
From Miyazaki to Aoshima heart 2
Aoshima Island heart 37
From paradise to paradise…part 1 heart 17
Still making our way to Nango…part 2 heart 13
Shibushi Bay Daikoku Resort Hotel heart 31
Camping in the Forest…Kuninomatsubara Camping Ground heart 4
Staying at Tarumizu by the sea in the shadow of an active volcano heart 16
A 3 night stay in Kagoshima…a favourite place for us heart 22
We are off to Yakushima via a 4 hour ferry…the adventure begins heart 15
Beginning our exploration of Yakushima Island heart 45
Day 2….monkeys, Sitka deer and 20 km of climbing. heart 33
Day 3 and 4 on Yakushima heart 39
Day 4 on Yakushima….a more strenuous hike heart 25
Heading back to Kagoshima heart 24
In a couple of days we will be on a ferry heading back to Osaka heart 19
Our last day on Kyushu and then an overnight ferry to Osaka heart 11
On the ferry and then riding into Osaka heart 32
A beautiful day at the Osaka Castle Park heart 22
A shopping day in Osaka+ heart 15
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