A Fistful of Yen - CycleBlaze

A Fistful of Yen

By Kevin Stevens
3,016 km (1,873 miles) over 59 days between Sep. 23, 2024 and Nov. 20, 2024

When a plan comes together

A tour four years in the making heart 7
The route (a work in progress) heart 7
What's new? aka gadgetry heart 9
Training, wheels heart 3
7 hills heart 4
A beautiful day to ride heart 4
Pretty fly for a zip tie heart 5

Off to the races

Whoa, we're half way there heart 5
A whole new world heart 12
Errands and encounters heart 17

Hokkaido

Day 1: Chitose to Shiraoi heart 25
Day 2: Shiraoi to Arutorimisaki heart 19
Day 3: Arutorimisaki to Shimamaki heart 24
Day 4: Shimamaki to Miyano heart 18
Day 5: Miyano to Assuba heart 12
Day 6: Assuba to Hakodate heart 8
Day 7: Hakodate to Aomori (travel day) heart 8

Tōhoku (northern Honshu)

Day 8: Aomori to Lake Towada heart 24
Day 9: Lake Towada to Kazuno heart 8
Day 10: Kazuno to Lake Tazawa heart 14
Day 11: Lake Tazawa to Yurihonjo heart 9
Day 12: Yurihonjo to Sakata heart 7
Day 13: Sakata to Murayama heart 8
Day 14: Murayama to Yamagata heart 5
Day 15: Yamagata to Fukushima heart 17
Day 16: Fukushima to Yabuki heart 6
Day 17: Yabuki to Nikko heart 17

The Japanese Alps

Day 18: Nikko to Katashina heart 16
Day 19: Katashina to Takayama heart 8
Day 20: Takayama to Kusatsu heart 4
Day 21: Kusatsu to Nagano heart 7
Day 22: Off day in Nagano heart 2
Day 23: Nagano to Matsumoto heart 4
Day 24: Rain delay in Matsumoto heart 4
Day 25: Matsumoto to Nojiri heart 30
Day 26: Nojiri to Tajimi heart 14
Day 27: Tajimi to Ogaki heart 30

Kansai

Day 28: Ogaki to Yasu heart 14
Day 29: Yasu to Kyoto heart 20
Day 30: Kyoto to Nara heart 28
Day 31: Nara to Sakai heart 4
Day 32: Off day in Sakai heart 3
Day 33: Sakai to Takarazuka heart 5
Day 34: Takarazuka to Himeji heart 12

Shikoku and outlying islands

Day 35: Himeji to Fukuda (travel day) heart 13
Day 36: Fukuda to Murou heart 4
Day 37: Murou to Konzojicho heart 2
Day 38: Rain delay in Konzojicho heart 3
Day 39: Konzojicho to Kotohira heart 4
Day 40: Kotohira to Marugame heart 3
Day 41: Marugame to Niihama heart 6
Day 42: Niihama to Michikajima heart 4
Day 43: Michikajima to Omishima via Onomichi heart 2
Day 44: Omishima to Kami-kamagarijima heart 8
Day 45: Kami-kamagarijima to Hiroshima heart 2

Yamaguchi and Shimane Prefectures

Day 46: Hiroshima to Iwakuni heart 1
Day 47: Iwakuni to Tsuwano heart 1
Day 48: Tsuwano to Hagi heart 1
Day 49: Hagi to Mine heart 4

Kyushu

Day 50: Mine to Moji heart 3
Day 51: Moji to Ashiya heart 4
Day 52: Ashiya to Fukuoka heart 8
Day 53: Fukuoka scavenger hunt heart 8
Day 54: Airport dry run heart 8

Wrapping it up

Woah, we're half way back heart 12
Night of the living dread heart 8
Cleaning up heart 4
The numbers racket heart 3
Thanks and final thoughts heart 5