Day 1 - Main Ride

By St John · Journey: Japan Bike: Nagasaki to Nemuro · 52 km

Day 1 starting in Nagasaki, with a hilly cycle to catch a small ferry.

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First day of riding.

· Japan

Riding southern Japan was everything I expected and more.

Smooth fast roads, eerie bamboo thickets, and mossy murky paths.

I bought fresh strawberries from a farmer at the top of the mountain, which powered me through the clifftop coast road down to the ferry.

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