I lived in Japan for 10 years and travelled 110,000km by motorcycle exploring the lesser seen parts.
I just completed a motorcycle ride visiting some of the best view points around what is referred to as the Seto Inland sea of Japan. I then went island hopping across these waters to visit some of the islands in the middle where few people travel. If you have a […]
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Japan is such a varied country. I have just completed one of the most scenic motorcycle tours I have ever ridden. If you have a moment take a look at some of the sights on my 14 day journey exploring autumn in rural Japan. My plan was to ride […]
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There currently is a late burst of near summer weather. So I went for a ride to visit Yamaha in Shizuoka. Mostly highway but I detoured a couple of times to try my luck at two highly rated Mt Fuji view locations to break it up. I would not call […]
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Despite some discomfort from my previous broken collar bone I am heading out to ride north. Day one Kanagawa to Fukushima A typhoon has just pass through so I am not sure how bad the roads will be but I decide to take the express way for most of today […]
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I have not been able to do much motorcycle riding in Japan this year. The weather has been cold with rain for months. Last year was apparently an odd one with low rainfall but this one seems wet so far. Seems in Japan there normally is no dry season. Basically […]
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A window of fine weather appeared in early November before winter. It was already very cold to ride North however the southern temperatures remained mild so I decided to seize the chance to try a more ambitious tour here before winter ends the riding for this year. One of the […]
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I have read often that October is the best month for riding Japan. So I made sure I was here, even shelving other travel only for there to be a two typhoons! I was beginning to wish I had made other arrangements but eventually the rain eased so I decided […]
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Well time to pack the bike and move to Kanagawa region but I am taking a couple of days to get there so I can detour to Nagano and the high mountains. I will miss seeing all the beautiful mountain streams in the Aichi and Gifu area. Leaving via Gifu […]
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This post is out of date and predates my living in Japan. Please go to my Japan menu for more recent and better posts about riding Japan. Despite a major incident on tour I again enjoyed riding in Japan. My original plan got washed out due to the unseasonable arrival […]
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I visited the Kawasaki world in Kobe Japan. It is not a large display however reading about the other things Kawasaki build was of great interest. For example I knew they made some of the trains operating in Tokyo however not also many other cities trains in Japan and Asia […]
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This ride report is very old and the information is out of date – it was my very first overseas ride. Please go to my Japan info pages for more recent information. Riding a motorcycle in Japan was something I had wanted to try for some years and now am […]
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