Western Japan touring 2021 Day 12 Shimanami Sea Road

English | 日本語 I woke up in the dark. There was a convenience store nearby, so I thought I'd get a coffee and recharge my batteries while drying off my tents, but they didn't have an eat-in service in the morning...😭 Closing the eat-in for Corona is very troubling for travelers. Does it make sense? 🤔 I pulled myself together and had a cup of coffee while watching the...

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Western Japan touring 2021 Day 11 Seto Inland Sea

English | 日本語 I stayed at my FB friend Yamada's guesthouse for two nights and rested up. He had his drive me up to the top of Goshikidai hill 😅 and I start the downhill 😊 Setouchi (Seto Inland Sea) from the top of Goshikidai hill. Many islands in a calm sea with no waves. This is a unique view in Japan. Start ！ I went down a rather steep slope, looking at...

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Western Japan touring 2021 Day 10 Crossing to Shikoku

English | 日本語 I couldn't sleep well last night because there were young people setting off fireworks in a nearby parking lot, a strange singing bird on the sandbar across the street, and it was hot in the tent, but I was glad to greet the morning with a beautiful sunrise😊 Today I also took the back road Route 250 instead of using Route 2. It's an uphill climb out of...

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Western Japan touring 2021 Day 9 Akashi Bridge To Akoh

English | 日本語 In fact, the pine forest park was quite noisy last night because of the railroad station behind it, and there were many people walking around in the morning. But I was able to sleep well. Thank you for the night🙏 Route 2 through Akashi is wide and well maintained. Route 2 is easy to ride, but not very interesting. So today I decided to take the Akihi...

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