Cycling Japan: The Kii Peninsula and Japanese Alps // World Bicycle Touring Episode 44
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2023
- We arrived by ferry in Wakayama and followed the Pacific Coast Cycling Road around the Kii Peninsula before heading inland across the Japanese Alps. This section had a wonderful mix of gorgeous coastal scenery, charming seaside towns, and impressive mountains. Much of this route was planned with minimal research (as usual) and we were left in awe of Japan's natural beauty and the many historic sites to explore along the way.
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Bicycle gear list below. We're running a mix of traditional panniers and bikepacking bags.
- 2020 Surly Ogres
- 36h Rohloff Speedhubs
- 36h Son 28 Dynamo hubs
- Ryde Andra 40 rims
- Marathon GT365 29x2.0 tires
- Avid BB7 brakes, 200mm front, 160mm rear
- Sinewave Cycles Beacon headlight/USB charger
- Ergon SMC Core (Andrew) Terry Butterfly Century (Jenny) saddles
- Rogue Panda custom frame bags
- Ortlieb Back Rollers Plus rear panniers
- Bedrock Bags Hermosa front panniers
- Tubus Cargo rear rack (Andrew), Tubus Logo Classic (Jenny)
- Planet Bike AL fenders
Camera Gear:
- Fuji X-T4
- Fujinon 16-80 mm f/4- Fujinon 23 mm f/2 prime
- GoPro Hero 8 Black w/Media Mod + DIY windscreen
- Rode VideoMic Pro
- Mavic Mini 1 drone
Music Credits:
tender spring - It's Alright to Feel Afraid
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tender spring - Keep Friends Close
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tender spring - A Friendly Warmth
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tender spring - Birds of a Feather
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Enjoyed your bicycle tour through ❤⛩⛰🎏🚴🚴♀Japan. I'm playing catch up with your various episodes and am skipping around. Looking forward to watching more adventures! Jenny USA
Great content, we have cycled many times in Japan and will go back in November. The Kii peninsula seems beautiful!
The tunnels are mandatory, although you could take a paved road through the same area but it would be quite a different experience, there isn't a road that runs parallel to the off-road route that we know of.
As a casual bike tourist I have to say that you guys are the real deal! I am enjoying your videos. Stay safe and keep rolling!
Great video, Japan looks like an amazing cycling destination.
Really loving the past videos cycling through Korea and Japan…… with dedicated bike lanes, places to camp, shower. That’s nice.
Glad you're enjoying them, they're both amazing cycling destinations!
Is there any chance that you publish your Gpx Tracks of Laos and Vietnam on your Website any time soon? I would like to do the same Route soon. Thank you so much!
Please note, the more lovely videos like this you show, the better chance I have of making my wife do a bike tour ! So far I think I can make her do a Singapore trip to kick off, but of course I need to do more and more !
ah! If I had known about your journey earlier, I would have wanted to invite you to dinner!
Thank you for sharing the wonderful scenery that even I, a Japanese person, have never seen before. Your videos are very soothing to me.
I wish you a safe trip, from Osaka.💙
Great videos man and good editing. Can't wait to see more of Japan!.
Beautiful country.
you guys figured out life ☺
Another great video.
Perfect.
Whoopiiiiiii, first to comment ;-) What a scenic ride. Maybe I'll fly out there when I finish building up my Surly Preamble road bike--it'll be a lot lighter than my current hybrid. And BTW, your world tour map on your home web page, . . . that is something to remember and look back on.
wow very nice experience friend
Another fantastic episode guys, Japan is just amazing👍Shame about the road closures, they are hard enough when you know the language!
킴 동영상에 나오신걸 보고 구경하러왔습니다. 구독했어요 😊
Bonsoir à vous
Super ces pistes cyclables 👍
a lot of roads that are closed to cars are perfectly passable by bike!
Wow you guys are awesome. Even though I live in Korea, i never been to Japan by bicycle like you guys did. I hope you guys finish your travel well.
I have around 26 episodes to catch up. but I'll do it ;D
When you guys reached the Japanese town of Yuasa, Andrew went “We are now in Yuasa, a town famous for…” and I said to myself “Motorcycle batteries!” but Andrew continued “…soy sauce”.
Did you ever find a way to check ahead if roads are closed?
Thanks for this nice video. Always great to see the road less travel that you are taking. One question for Jenny, what is the brand of your new rain coat?
It is a Montbell shake dry cycling shell. It's been working out great!
During your trips are you using some kind of device to treat water ?
We use a Sawyer Squeeze water filter when we're using natural water sources like streams and lakes.
Cool ,what the season you were in Japan ?
Is it expensive there guys
I would second that. How much did you roughly spend per month?
Japan in very affordable, we found it pretty easy to stick to our budget of $30 per person per day and often were spending less than that. There are incredible budget options for food and it's pretty easy to wild camp. We occasionally found good deals on hotels too
@@RollingExistence hey that's great! Thanks for getting back to me, really appreciate it. Hope you have a safe and joyful journey ahead, love your vids guys. Love from UK
You guys seem not to have an outro on the videos. I am always a little confused when they suddenly stop.
We don't really plan out where are videos are going to begin and end. I guess the idea is that the next one just picks up right where the last one ends, so all 48 episodes are kinda just one long continuous video. Maybe at some point we'll get a little more intentional, but when we were on the road for years we kind of just filmed when the whim hit us and didn't try to think about video structure very much.
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There is a couple called pursuing mountains which are totally copying you guys with the helmet visors 😂😂😂
대빠리 형 채널에서 보고왓습니다 이형님들 스케일이 장난아니내요
물론 영어는 잘 못해서 무슨말하는지 잘 못알아듣지만 당신들의 여행을 응원합니다!
Where did you guys get the money to start these trips?
The biggest cost is the equipment, which will run you around 5000$.
After that your biggest cost are plane tickets. Housing and food can be reduced a lot if you camp (like they do) and if you cook your own stuff.
@@parsaerfani7973this doesn't actually answer the question. You can minimize expenses, but it's still not free.
@@tonydejesus2134some people like myself, work seasonally save enoughb money and hit the roads between work seasons. I would say you should probably save about 10-15k if you want to comfortably spend 3-5 months moving around. You could spend only 1/3 of your budget if you are resourceful, but that comes with experience.
응원합니다
Awesome video! In which month is this filmed? Planning a tour in Japan next year so trying to figure out all the gear I need
Thank you! This episode was filmed in late April.