Six Wheels Through Japan and South Korea Part 3 - CycleBlaze

Six Wheels Through Japan and South Korea Part 3

By Barry Bartlett
2,047 km (1,271 miles) over 91 days between Oct. 19, 2024 and Jan. 17, 2025
We're heading to Japan and South Korea heart 4
Where we plan to travel in Japan and South Korea. heart 3
In Transit while an Atmospheric River pummels the BC Coast heart 12
And we’re off! heart 14
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 43
The kindness of strangers heart 30
Busan Korea heart 35
Another day in Busan heart 11
We are riding the Nakdonggang River cycle route heart 47
Another spectacular day of riding, plus we met two men riding Azub trikes. heart 116
A day to recover from yesterday’s ride heart 36
A cold, cold day of riding heart 49
We’re turning around and heading back to Busan heart 99
Heading south heart 40
Mary Ellen loses her glasses heart 25
From the Brown Dot Motel to Yangsan heart 24
Heading to Busy Busan heart 35
Exploring the traditional street markets heart 35
Busan…saying farewell to Korea heart 43
A ferry trip to Japan and then riding into a massive storm heart 38
The day after the storm…on to Karatsu heart 56
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 23
On to Kumamoto for a few days heart 25
Kumamoto heart 6
Another day in Kumamoto heart 16
Kumamoto to Uki heart 14
Uki to Komatsuya Nagisakan heart 28
Riding the Amakusa Islands… heart 27
From The HinoKino Hotel to Tomioka heart 22
Continuing our ride south on the Amakusa Islands heart 32
Shimoda, an onsen village to Minshuku Tomikawa heart 47
Ferry to Nagashima Island and on to Akune…hills, hills, hills! heart 15
Akune to Ichikikushikino, Hotel Axia Kushikino heart 28
to Minamisatsuma Business Hotel Kinnin Kam heart 18
To Makurazaki, Ocean Hotel Iwato heart 28
To Isubuki Kokoronoyado, an Onsen hotel. heart 40
Staying a couple of nights at an incredible onsen heart 20
A busy traffic day getting to Kagoshima heart 11
Kagoshima…one of our favourite places heart 20
Another day in Kagoshima heart 13
We take the overnight ferry to Okinawa heart 18
Twenty-five hours on the ferry heart 22
Resting in Motobu for a few days heart 14
Motobu to Nago heart 16
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
Updated within 7 days