The plan, stan

My cycling plan, rough as it is.


Day 1 (July 26)

Kumamoto -> Arao
~ 34 kms

Arao -> Yanagawa
~ 26 kms = 60 kms

stay in Yanagawa



Day 2 (July 27)

Tour Yanagawa

Yanagawa -> Kurume
~ 21 kms

Kurume -> Hita
~ 45 kms = 66 kms

stay in Hita



Day 3 (July 28) - Gabi’s b-day!

Tour Hita

Hita -> Usa (by cycle path & 212)
~ 68.5 kms

stay in Usa



Day 4 (July 29)

tour Usa Jingu

cycle around Mt. Futagosan - > halfway?
~50 kms


Day 5 (July 30)

-> Beppu
~62 kms



Day 6 (July 31)

ferry -> Yawatahama
2 hours, 40 minutes (9:45 or 2:00 dep)

train -> Matsuyama
40 minutes express (4,400 yen)

Matsuyama -> Komatsu
~41 kms


Day 7 (Aug 1)


Komatsu -> Onohara
~63 kms



Day 8 (August 2)

Onohara -> Takamatsu
~61 kms

Ferry -> Tamano
55 mins

Tamano -> Okayama
~27.5 kms = 88.5 kms



Day 9 (August 3)

Hang out in Okayama!



Day 10 (August 4)

Okayama -> Tamano
~27.5 kms

Ferry - Takamatsu

Takamatsu -> Yashimaji
~5 kms

tour Yashimaji

Yashimaji -> Hiketa
~38 kms = 70.5 kms



Day 11 (August 5)

Hiketa -> Naruto
~24.5

see the whirlpools!

ferry -> Nandan

Nandan -> Sumoto (taking scenic route)
~46 kms


Day 12 (August 6)

Ferry -> Kobe

Train -> Itami

Find the Kubo’s house!


Day 13 (August 7)

Stay with the Kubos, rest!


Day 14 (August 8)

train -> Kyoto station (?)

Kyoto -> Sanzenin
~20 kms

tour Sanzenin

Sanzenin -> Imakatada
~15.5 kms

Imakatada -> Shin-asahi
~ 30 kms = 65.5 kms



Day 15 (August 9)

Shin-asahi -> Shiotsuhama
~45 kms

-> Tsuruga
~20 kms = 65 kms




Day 16 (August 10)

-> Fukui
~ 57 kms



Day 17 (August 11)

-> Ono
~32 kms

-> Shirotori
~51 kms = 83 kms





Day 18 (August 12)

-> Takayama
~72 kms



Day 19 (August 13)

tour around Takayama (Hida folk village)

-> Hirayu
~36 kms



Day 20 (August 14)

bus up to Kikyogahara (highest road point in Japan, 2.7 kms above sea level)

-> Matsumoto
~ 73 kms (a lot of it downhill)



Day 21 (August 15)

-> Okaya
~26 kms

look around Suwako lake

-> Nirasaki
~60 kms = 86 kms



Day 22 (August 16)

-> Kawaguchi
~ 56.5



Day 23 (August 17)

Tour lakes area, lots of Fuji shots



Day 24 (August 18)

IF GENKI - southeast to Hakone
~57 kms

enjoy Hakone


Day 25 (August 19)

Tokyo, by train or by bike, whatever!