Six Wheels Through Japan and South Korea Part 3 - CycleBlaze

Six Wheels Through Japan and South Korea Part 3

By Barry Bartlett
2,174 km (1,350 miles) over 91 days between Oct. 19, 2024 and Jan. 17, 2025
We're heading to Japan and South Korea heart 6
Where we plan to travel in Japan and South Korea. heart 4
In Transit while an Atmospheric River pummels the BC Coast heart 17
And we’re off! heart 27
Jet lagged, and happy to be back in Japan heart 25
A visit with Yoshi and then we are off catch the ferry to Shikoku heart 33
From the ferry to Matsuyama heart 26
Discovering the magic of Matsuyama heart 33
Another day in Matsuyama heart 13
Taking a ferry to Hiroshima heart 23
A sobering day at the Peace Park in Hiroshima heart 20
Riding to Otake heart 23
Sitting out a typhoon heart 13
After two days of rain the sun is shining heart 10
Otake to Tokuyama heart 34
We take a rusty old ferry to Kyushu heart 32
Usa City, home of one of the most beautiful and most important shrines in Japan heart 76
From Buzen to Kitakyushu heart 38
A spectacular ride from Kitakyushu to Munakata heart 56
Munukata to Fukuoka heart 26
A few days in Fukuoka heart 56
The kindness of strangers heart 42
Busan Korea heart 44
Another day in Busan heart 15
We are riding the Nakdonggang River cycle route heart 65
Another spectacular day of riding, plus we met two men riding Azub trikes. heart 131
A day to recover from yesterday’s ride heart 43
A cold, cold day of riding heart 67
We’re turning around and heading back to Busan heart 122
Heading south heart 46
Mary Ellen loses her glasses heart 41
From the Brown Dot Motel to Yangsan heart 50
Heading to Busy Busan heart 45
Exploring the traditional street markets heart 48
Busan…saying farewell to Korea heart 50
A ferry trip to Japan and then riding into a massive storm heart 55
The day after the storm…on to Karatsu heart 74
Continuing on the pottery trail..on to Imari heart 42
Up into the hills. Imari to Hamasi heart 84
Hasami to Ureshino heart 47
Ureshino, a Spa Town…staying a few nights heart 37
Ureshino to Saga heart 24
Saga to Omuta heart 29
On to Kumamoto for a few days heart 33
Kumamoto heart 7
Another day in Kumamoto heart 19
Kumamoto to Uki heart 18
Uki to Komatsuya Nagisakan heart 41
Riding the Amakusa Islands… heart 37
From The HinoKino Hotel to Tomioka heart 24
Continuing our ride south on the Amakusa Islands heart 48
Shimoda, an onsen village to Minshuku Tomikawa heart 67
Ferry to Nagashima Island and on to Akune…hills, hills, hills! heart 27
Akune to Ichikikushikino, Hotel Axia Kushikino heart 38
to Minamisatsuma Business Hotel Kinnin Kam heart 30
To Makurazaki, Ocean Hotel Iwato heart 32
To Isubuki Kokoronoyado, an Onsen hotel. heart 49
Staying a couple of nights at an incredible onsen heart 21
A busy traffic day getting to Kagoshima heart 15
Kagoshima…one of our favourite places heart 24
Another day in Kagoshima heart 16
We take the overnight ferry to Okinawa heart 24
Twenty-five hours on the ferry heart 28
Resting in Motobu for a few days heart 24
Motobu to Nago heart 17
Staying in Nago heart 7
Nago heart 22
What is New Years like in Japan? heart 6
New Year’s Day at a mountain shrine heart 28
Heading to the east coast heart 13
Barry rides north in search of food heart 20
Heading south to the land of convenience stores heart 15
Barry is sick….. the kindness of strangers heart 18
A few days at a wellness hotel heart 10
EM Wellness Hotel heart 10
From one wellness hotel to another heart 17
The Wellness Hotel - breakfast buffet heart 14
We visit a Japanese Costco heart 45
Heading to Naha heart 17
Okinawa Soba and a visit to the Okinawa Karate Kaikan heart 20
A few days in Naha at the Royal Rhiga Gran Hotel heart 19
It's time to pack up our trikes for the flights heart 8
Flight #1 Okinawa to Itame Airport (Osaka) heart 31
Flights #2 and #3 heart 17
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