Cycling Across Japan in One Day 🚲🇯🇵 500km/300 mile Bike Route to Wakayama and the Pacific Coast

How long is too long for a single-day, solitary ride? Zeb’s personal cycling goal this year was to pedal 500km (300 miles) in one ride, cycling Japan from one coast to the other in a single day.

In this video, he attempts to go one pedal stroke at a time from our home on the Sea of Japan, across to the Pacific Ocean. After starting in Ishikawa Prefecture, he rides through Fukui and Shiga Prefectures, along a section of the historic Tokaido Road (東海道線) and along Mie Prefecture into the Kii Peninsula (紀伊半島). He would be self-supported during the ride, but I was driving down to meet him at the finish line, at the southernmost point of Honshu, in Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県).　

Jump to…
00:48 - the cycling goal
1:12 - the day before
2:07 - 1am start
3:52 - sunrise in Fukui
4:31 - rest stop one
6:20 - morning chimes
6:57 - entering Shiga
8:06 - rest stop two
10:00 - historic Sekijuku
10:49 - Mie Prefecture
11:58 - michi no eki
12:38 - rest stop three
14:13 - Pacific Ocean & Shingu
15:28 - our guesthouse
16:36 - finish line!
18:19 - beach time


Ride Data and Bike Route:
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More about...
The Tokaido: https://visitmie-japan.travel/en/spot...
Sekijuku 関宿 Post Town: https://www.kankomie.or.jp/special/se...
Pacific Cycling Road: https://www.kkr.mlit.go.jp/road/pcr/e...
Mie Prefecture 三重県 Tourism: https://visitmie-japan.travel/en/inde...
Wakayama Prefecture 和歌山県 Tourism: https://www.visitwakayama.jp/en/
Kushimoto Area: https://kumanonada-nihonisan.jp/en/mo...


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