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When you went climbing in Rishiri, did you just leave the bike at the camp? Was it safe?

Wonderful! I hope to ride this someday soon. By chance, did you follow the route on GPS or is the way fairly obvious?

As long as you don't run into a bear or a bear doesn't run into you, you'll be okay :P

Nice vid! I'm going in early July for 3 weeks. Out of curiosity, do you recommend I bring a stove? Or is it manageable without? I'll have an ultralight bikepacking setup.

Hello! Me from Israel, watched youre amazing trip. Thank you for that!

I did a Hokkaido trip in 2019 and alot of these roads I recognize and are bringing a tear to my eye. I need to go back! Thank you for posting

Love the videos! Thanks.

Im doing this trip next week on Thursday for charity can't wait

Hi there great trip can you tell me how long it took you to cycle From tottori to fukuoka cheers lou

thank you for a very useful video! 👍

Hi! I have a question about your biking tour in Japan. The maximum stay for a visa is 90 days, how did you cycle July through December?

Phew! That is a lot of tough climbing!

Hey I remember your Hokkaido videos - I actually ended up doing a tour there (I live in Kyoto actually). Curious if you're mid trip right now - I'm fantasizing a semi world bike tour in the not too distant future

Superb and very useful video. Took me 30 minutes to watch your 9 min. masterpiece so I can absorb and understand every word you said. Newbie cyclist from HKG. 😊

Hi Ciaran, would you recommend cycle touring wearing cleats or ordinary sports shoes?

Thanks for this video. I didn't know there was such a thing as free campsites!

Just been reading about you and this part of your journey in Chris’ book. Weird to put faces to words, not always what you imagined. Not in any detrimental way of course! 😂

I just did a similar trip. I forgot to take cash on the ferry and they said there was nothing they could do, so I couldn't eat for 22hrs.

Hey i can see you have done bike packing in Japan , do you know if you can get transport bike bag for train on the train station ? I am planing to go cycling in september just wondering if i can buy it there

Really enjoyed this and gave me great peace of mind. I am flying to Sapporo in a few days to do a three week cycling trip, very similar route to the one you did. Thank you for sharing your trip !

Thanks Ciaran. Hoping to go from Soya to Sata next year following the footsteps of Alan Booth. Your videos are inspiring!

Great video, but music overwhelmed the speech.

Thank you 😊

Can't be grateful enough for you to making me discover Michael Moore! By the way, I'm cycling through Japan next year, really looking forward to it!

To get there but love that is where you lived. Our alternative is Sendai over to Kanazawa where I have been and

Been really enjoying your videos. You must have a nice setup as smooth riding. Loved your Hokkaido one also. We did it 5 years ago and going back in July. Once we cycle Hokkaido and cross to Honshu we thought we would end in Sendai and go to Tottori! Might be too much travel to get th

Just discovered this video after following your Japan tours. You're very lucky to have seen Steamboat and actually after this year's rains, lucky to have gone through Northern Yellowstone as it is now unpassable. Really enjoy your vids; am planning to do Hokkaido next year.

How long did it take you to bike trough Japan?

Enjoyed your video! Many people ride the Baja Divide, but there is a lot of sand. How was the traffic on the road? Any problems or risky sections?

Great video and inspiring foe those not yet been to the outer hebrides to get up there and see them. Can I just add though that you need to get Bluetooth mic as can't hear what you're saying a lot of the time with wind and your device being on selfie stick plus music can be bit ott with you talking under it. But keel up the good work .

Great vids btw! Last summer I cycled from Kyoto to Akita, then took the ferry to hokkaido then cycled down to hakkodate. Thinking of returning this July and just doing hokkaido

They've somewhat recently completed a Pacific cycling road that goes from Chiba to Wakayama (1400 km). Seems like a good alternative to the route 1

Great tour, I love bikepacking!

Your series of videos are great. Hope you are enjoying your time in Japan now as well! Cheers

Dreams come true

Are you still in Japan? Going to Hokkaido soon.

great video. I hope to do the same thing one day

This is a great video, inspiring me to return to the hebrides on my bike

Brilliant thanks!! Bring 2 nets lol

thanks for making these awesome videos. I will go on a trip like this one day for sure. I have very grand plans lol, but I am curious, did you stop your trip after mexico or did you make it down to Argentina?

You Are Grate Sir.

This is a great intro to cycling Hokkaido, thank you, professional level editing, although I’d probably stay along the coast as much as possible. I cycled Shikoku while doing the 88 Temples of the Kobo Daishi and stuck to the coast. The camping, pilgrims huts, good weather and nice people make it wonderful. I was 63 when I did 1100kms on a “mamachari”, camped a bit and did the Shimanamikaido also. I’m 66 now. Will COVID ever end and I get a chance to tackle Hokkaido?

Hah I’m pretty sure that ridiculous headwind to cape soya is a permanent fixture, looks exactly the same weather as my trip (though a had thicc fog on top of Mt Rishiri 😢) thanks for sharing mate.

Excellent video Ciaran. Many thanks for sharing! We'll definitely pass it on to plenty of riders when tourism returns to this part of the world. Stay safe!

Thanks for always making such good videos, your adventures are inspiring!

Amazing video! When is the next one coming?!

Loving all these interactions with the locals! Japanese people seem so warmhearted

Awesome, thks for the video!

That was really smart starting at the top and cycling down. Downhill all the way.