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Day 6 - Osaka to Kyoto

11/10/2015

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Start: Osaka
Distance: 44.4 kms
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/409302506
Elevation gain: 107 m
Road Type: Cycleway along the river, but with annoying stops to walk over car blocking hurdles
Sights: Riverway, people fishing, other bike riders racing/training. Osaka Jo. 
Tips: Drink and Toilet stations along the way.
End: Kyoto
Accommodation: With friends
Food: Bring your own, shops aren't guaranteed to be open
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Day 5 - Ise - Ise Nakagawa

8/10/2015

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Start: Ise
Distance: 43.3 kms 
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/407915037
Elevation gain: 52 m
Road Type: On Road, some busy roads with trucks and cars, Cycleways along the coast, small narrow back streets along rice paddy fields. 
Sights: Country side. Coast line.
Tips: Sometimes the cycleway leads to dead ends. 
End: Ise Nakagawa to catch a train to Osaka. Frequent trains. Local and Express. 1,500 Yen for a local. 3,000 for an express. 
Accommodation: Last minute hotel booking via booking.com at Osaka for 2,500 yen.
Food: Lots of food options. Easiest to eat from the convenience store.
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Japan - Day 4 - Toba to Ise (Shinto capital)

7/10/2015

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​Start: Toba
Distance: 16 kms
Strava: link
Elevation gain: 196 m
Road Type: On Road sometimes a bit busy, sometimes really really tiny back streets
Sights: Country side, rice fields.
Tips: Try a traditional bathouse, Sento, in Ise, great to lying in a tub of hot water for hours after an epic ride. Cost about 400 Yen. You can rent towels and buy shampoo or BYO.
End: Ise, home of the Grand Shinto shrine 
Accommodation: Last minute hotel booking via booking.com for 2,500 Yen
Food: Plenty of small towns and vending machines along the way.
Again hitting up an udon shop near the station and loading up on supermarket goodies. Try the melon flavoured soy milk. 
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Japan - Day 4 - Along the Pacific Coast battling winds

7/10/2015

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Start: Hamamatsu
Distance: 77 kms
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/407915037
Elevation gain: 630 m
Road Type: On Road, some busy roads with trucks and cars
Sights: The crazy Pacific coast waves
Tips: Look for the signs to the Pacific Coast cycleway, it weaves on and off along the sea side. Some of it looked too scary for me to ride. 
WINDY! It's was very very windy. I was in constant battle against the winds and losing motivaation.
End: Irago, Ferry Port. Catch a ferry to Toba. Ride onto Ise
Accommodation: Last minute hotel booking via booking.com for 2,500 at Ise
Food: Last 20 kms not much food options. There is a rest stop at Irago. 
Try to catch some food at the Beach cafe.
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Japan - Day 3 - Along the seaside

6/10/2015

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Start: Shimizu
Distance: 143.4 kms
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/407339313
Elevation gain: 1,330 m ( some of this was because I climbed a mountain by accident)
Road Type: On Road, cycleway along the coast, detour due to construction beware
Sights: Seaside, hill climbs
Tips: Try to ask for information when you come across detour signs or construction. The main road might be closed off on the other side and you need to make a detour. Don't find out the hard way by climbing and descending before realising there's no way.
End: Hamamatsu (has a Shinkansen stop, biggish town)
Accommodation: Last minute hotel booking via booking.com for 5,500 Yen
Food: Plenty of small towns and vending machines along the way.
Hamamatsu: Not many things open around the city centre. Found a great Udon shop run by a mother and daughter. 
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Japan - Day 2 - Cycle down from Mount Fuji

6/10/2015

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Start: Yamanakako
Distance: 99.4 kms
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/406744640
Elevation gain: 934 m
Road Type: On Road, often quiet streets in the mountains, motorbike clubs drive on these roads too, careful off the occasional truck.
Sights: Too many. Mountains, river ways, forests, the lake, the valleys
Tips: Don't need to carry spare water as there are plenty of vending machines along the way
End: Shimizu, port town
Accommodation: Last minute hotel booking via booking.com for 5,400 Yen
Food: Plenty of stops and vending machines along the way.
​In Shizumi - Lots of sushi shops because it's close to the sea. Try a local sushi house.
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Japan - Day 1 - Cycling up to Mount Fuji

6/10/2015

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Started the ride just outside of Tokyo to avoid the cars. Take the Keio Train line from Shinjuku to Chofu, change for Hashimoto. You can take your bicycle in the train if it is inside a bike bag. 
Start: Hashimoto station on the Keio Line, west of Tokyo
Distance: 62.4 km
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/405848428
Elevation gain: 2,285m
Road Type: On Road, often quiet streets in the mountains, motorbike clubs drive on these roads too, careful off the occasional truck.
Sights: Too many. Mountains, river ways, forests, the lake
Tips: Don't need to carry spare water as there are plenty of vending machines along the way
End: Yamanako
Food: Plenty of stops including a rest stop with udon and a tofu shop. There are restaurants and a massive rest stop in the hills. Best cafe was one nestled near the last climb serving soba and kaki with a bike rack out the front. 
Accommodation: Cabin in the forest 
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