Day 9 – 1 October Leaving Agustin’s in Tokushima, I embarked on what I knew would be a tough day. Looking at the elevation profile I could see I had two temples both up at 500m and with very steep climbs to reach them. First I had to work through a couple on the flat,…
Day 6 – 28 September Riding off from my new friends at the drum club I began to make my way once again towards Temple 1, near the town of Naruto. The ride started off nicely along the coast before popping me up and over some more of the ubiquitous Japanese mountains. It got pretty…
Day 1 – 23 September I managed to find my first temple without too much trouble, it was slightly on the edge of the town of Imabari and I needed some helpful people to point me to exactly where it was as I needed to get used to the way the signs worked for the…
As part of my trip in Japan I was very keen to undertake the Shikoku pilgrimage. I had wanted to do this pilgrimage ever since I had heard about it when I was living in Japan and had had it in the back of my mind to do it by bicycle ever since I had…
In Hiroshima I was staying with an old friend from back when I was an English teacher in the area. He very generously put me up for two nights and made sure I was amused while I was visiting with good food and perhaps more beer than I was now used to. On the day…
I didn’t have a lot of plans for Busan. I basically just wanted to have a rest and eat a lot. Both of which I managed to do. I also had a brief stroll along the beach but it wasn’t exactly an idyllic location for relaxation. After a couple of nights in the city it…
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