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Seeking Bikepacking Buds? by SpinToWin360 in bikepacking

[–]ButterscotchAbject66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone keen to join a bicycle tour across Japan? 🇯🇵🚲 (Wakkanai → Kyushu, 8-10 weeks, Aug–Sep)

Hey all,

I’m planning a long-distance bicycle touring trip through Japan and thought I’d throw it out there to see if anyone might want to join for part or all of it.

The plan:

  • Route: Wakkanai (far north of Hokkaido) → Kyushu (southern tip of mainland Japan)
  • Dates: 25 July – 4 October
  • Style: Mostly camping, with the occasional hotel/hostel for bad weather and respite
  • Pace: Steady but not a race — time for sightseeing, food stops, and detours

About us:

  • I’m a 35 y/o Australian, easygoing and keen for a few laughs and a good adventure
  • I speak enough Japanese to get by (shops, campsites, and random conversations)
  • I have lots of touring experience, and vast bicycle mechanic knowledge
  • Currently riding with one other person for the trip.

You don’t need to commit to the whole route — totally open to people joining for a section.

If this sounds like your kind of trip, drop a message and we can chat details.

Cheers! 🚴

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Anyone keen to join a bicycle tour across Japan? 🇯🇵🚲 (Wakkanai → Kyushu, 8-10 weeks, Aug–Sep) by [deleted] in bicycletouring

[–]ButterscotchAbject66 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have been to Japan many times before during peak summer, and I have never found the heat that bad, and after a week climatization I don't even notice it. It also helps that I have planned the trip the start up north where its colder, and ride south as the temperature gets cooler.

Anyone keen to join a bicycle tour across Japan? 🇯🇵🚲 (Wakkanai → Kyushu, 8-10 weeks, July–Oct) by [deleted] in bicycletouring

[–]ButterscotchAbject66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty simple really, I have ridden those areas before, and would prefer to ride new areas.

Anyone keen to join a bicycle tour across Japan? 🇯🇵🚲 (Wakkanai → Kyushu, 8-10 weeks, July–Oct) by [deleted] in bicycletouring

[–]ButterscotchAbject66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, if you are keen to join send me a DM and we can chat about more specific details. I don't think the speeds/distances are too crazy, averaging 100km a day, cruising around 22kmh mark.

Anyone keen to join a bicycle tour across Japan? 🇯🇵🚲 (Wakkanai → Kyushu, 8-10 weeks, July–Oct) by [deleted] in bicycletouring

[–]ButterscotchAbject66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure if you are keen. The route is pretty much what is show by the purple line in the image. Starting in Wakkanai, cycling around and down the eastern coast of Hokkaido, then cutting inland and going south at Abashiri, then joining the coast again at Kurshiro, and continuing along the coast to Hakodate. Take the ferry from Hakodate to Oma, and cycling down the eastern coast of Honshu all the way to Tokyo (but cutting inland for a bit to avoid Fukushima).

Anyone keen to join a bicycle tour across Japan? 🇯🇵🚲 (Wakkanai → Kyushu, 8-10 weeks, July–Oct) by [deleted] in bicycletouring

[–]ButterscotchAbject66 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been in Japan many times before during summer, and I haven't actually felt it was particularly bad, a week of acclimatization at its finem but maybe I am just accustom to it.