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Introduction: In pursuit of cherry blossoms, bamboo forests, haiku and Zen gardens. And the promise of dashi, okonomiyaki, ryokan, rotemburo and Koyasan.

Route map and overview

Glossary: Nihongo - Japanese (language)

Kyushu: Waiting for spring: A haiku and a photo.

Day 1 - Kansai Airport (Osaka): Sleepover at the airport

Day 2 - Fukuoka: Arriving and Departing

Day 3 - Fukuoka to Karatsu: Waiting for inspiration

Day 4 - Karatsu to Takashima (Island): We get pictures!

Day 5 - Takashima to Hirado - morning: The ferry first time

Day 5 - Takashima to Hirado - afternoon: A night on the town

Day 6 - Hirado to Neshiko - morning: Hooray it's Hirado

Day 6 - Hirado to Neshiko (Beach) - afternoon: My back teeth are swimming

Day 7 - Neshiko to Sunset Point via Sasebo and Konoura - morning: I could swim but I'd have to leave my bike behind. So a ferry it is.

Day 7 - Neshiko to Sunset Point via Sasebo and Konoura - afternoon: A lucky break

Day 8 - Sunset Point to after Nagasaki - arriving: Not all downers are depressing

Day 8 - Sunset Point to after Nagasaki - leaving: So much for Nagasaki!

Day 9 - Park to Temple - morning: Drenched

Day 9 - Park to Temple - afternoon: Potato Hill

Day 10 - Temple to Unzen via Obama: Three hot baths in a single day

Day 11 - Unzen to somewhere on the way to Yamato: Beeline for Takachiho Gorge via Shimabara and Kumamoto

Day 12 - Roadside campsite to Takachiho Gorge: Ode to oden

Day 13 - Takachiho Gorge - morning: I needed a fourth hat

Day 13 - Amano Iwato - afternoon: Meditations

Day 13 - Amano Iwato to Takachiho - afternoon: A little luxury goes a long way

Day 14 - Takachiho sports field to the base of Mt Aso - morning: Clean clothes :-)

Day 14 - Takachiho sports field to the base of Mt Aso - afternoon: A lack of courage

Day 15 - Takamori to Mt Aso crater to Yamanami Highway: More up than down

Day 16 - Yamanami Highway (Route 11) to Yufuin: Curiosities and burnt grassland

Day 17 - Yufuin to Beppu: In trouble on my last day in Kyushu

Day 17 - Beppu to Yawatahama: Sleeping with the Japanese

Kyushu: Summing up

Shikoku and the Seto Sea: Spring at last!

Day 18 - Part A - Yawatahama to Takamatsu: Long but instructive rant about travelling with a bike on Japanese trains.

Day 18 - Part B -Takamatsu: Ritsurin Garden and domburi for dinner

Day 18 - Part 3 - Takamatsu to Naoshima: I can't find a bed.

Day 19 - Naoshima: Round the island by day - delusions shattered.

Day 19 - Naoshima: Getting all arty farty

Day 19 - Naoshima to Teshima - night: "I love the nightlife, I love to boogie…"

Day 20 - Teshima to Shodoshima: Rainy day at the museum

Day 21 - Shodoshima to Himeiji: West coast story

Day 21 - Shodoshima to Himeiji: Trouble with my timing.

Shikoku and the Seto Sea: Summing up

Honshu - Kansai - Himeiji, Kyoto, Nara: It's bloomin' party time

Day 22 - Himeiji: Cherry blossom fever and slimy food

Day 22 - Himeiji: Just as well I don't suffer from vertigo

Day 22 - Himeiji and beyond: A mangled bra and and a lost sock

Day 23 - En route between Himeiji and Kyoto...: Saved from the coastal conurbation

Day 23 - En route between Himeiji and Kyoto...: A good route

Day 24 - Arriving Kyoto - morning: Would you eat octopus balls?

Day 24 - Arriving Kyoto - afternoon: Arashiyama - the glamour puss of Kyoto

Day 25 - Kyoto - Arashiyma: Nothing like a puncture to top off a good day.

Day 25 - Kyoto - Saihoji - The Moss Garden and Temple: put some wabi sabi in your life

Day 26 - Kyoto to Nara - morning: Why not wear yourself out with a tour of Kyoto first?

Day 26 - Kyoto to Nara - Marutamachi Dori: The long road across town. It's not like I haven't got all day.

Day 26 -Kyoto to Nara - afternoon: I started to think I'd never make it

Day 27 - Nara: funky things to do with rocks and ceramic roof tiles

Day 27 - Nara: Death at the door.

Day 27 - Nara: dodging deer

Day 27 - Nara - Old city: I want to move in

Day 28 - Nara to Kyoto: Route 24

Day 29 - Kyoto - The Philosopher's Walk: It's raining petals

Day 29 - Kyoto: Food, dancing, temples, everything.

Day 30 - Kyoto: The Golden Pavilion: and other wonders of human endeavour

Day 31 - Kyoto: Shugaku-in Imperial Villa (garden): Thou shalt not disturb others.

Day 31 Kyoto - Gion: Just a hint

Day 32 - Kyoto: Fushimi-Inari-Taisha: Redness

Day 32 - Kyoto: Big fancy lunch - I'm going to tell you all about it.

Honshu - Kansai: Summing up

The Japanese Alps: Wet and white

Day 33 - Kyoto to Mino, via Gifu: Banging heads with authority

Day 34 - Mino to Takayama: morning: Big mileage today!

Day 34 - Mino to Takayama: afternoon: First snow.

Day 35 - Takayama: There's a bear in there!

Day 36 - Takayama to some-place-no-ski (turnoff to R156): Rewards at the end of a cold wet day.

Day 35 - Road station to Shirakawa-go - morning: Green waters

Day 36 - Road station to Shirakawa-go: afternoon: Lend me your umbrella please.

Day 37 - Shirakawa-go: Nowhere to camp

Day 38 Shirakawa-go to Ainokura via Saganuma: Camping in the snow

Day 38 - Shirakawa-go to Ainokura: Camping in the snow

Day 38 - Ainokura: Photo tour of Thatched Hut Village

Day 39 - Ainokura to Kanazawa: pics no text yet

The Japanese Alps: Summing Up needs a little editing.

Kanazawa and Noto Penninsula: So much to love

Day 40 - Kanazawa - pictures only so far

Day 41 - Kanazawa - pics only so far: unedited text

Day 42 - Kanazawa -: Muraya Ryokan - pics only so far

Day 43 Kanazawa: 20 april Sumiyoshiya Ryokan - an Excellent place to splash out even though my pictures aren't the best

Day 42 - Kanazawa - not sure about these pics no text: Leaving Kanazawa

Day 43 - Kanazawa: Day of Leaving - Photos only so far

Day 43 - Chirihara Beach Driveway: Campsite for 21 April.

Day 44 Noto Pennisnula - 22nd april.: Pics only.

Day 45 Monzen 23 april: photos only.

Day 46 - Somewhere before Wajima 23.april: the day my tent blew away - empty so far.

Day 47 - Minuzaki: this is where my tent blew away - empty

Day 48 - to Wajima 24 april: - pics only so far

Day 49 Wajima Fishing Harbourside: 25 april - pics only

Day 49 - Wajima Market: 25 April - pics only

Day 50 - to Hashigasaki Beach: empty

Day 51 - To Tsukomo Bay: empty

Day 52 - to Anamizu: empty

Day 51 - Back to Kanazawa 29 april: empty

Kanazawa and Noto Penninsula: Summing up

Kii Peninsula: Pilgrimaging

Kii Pen 1: fsfs

Kii Pen 2

Kii Pen 3

Kii Penn 4: kOyasan cemetery

Kii Penn 5: camp by the river

Kii Penn 6: wrapped bike back to kyoto on the train

Kii Peninsula: Summing Up

Kyoto: Last Days

Kyoto 1 Arriving

Kyoto 1: food market

Kyoto 2: Museum Sumiyoshia - Famous Banquet Restaurant - Geisha place.

Kyoto 2: photos lovely guesthouse

Kyoto 3: Central Kyoto - 3 themes

Kyoto 4: no photos taken today

Kyoto 5: Day of Leaving Japan Photos only

Kyoto: Summing Up

Equipment List

Websites and resources for Trip Planning

Japan: Summing up

Noto Penninsula...: Pics only 22 April so far

Maps: Proposed tour route and previous tours.

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