Epic Japan Ride summer 2019

[racer162]

Yup it’s January but I’ve been working on this ride for a while so time to start the thread.
Dates: August 2-16
Where : from Kyoto to Hokkaido and back.
Again I’ll post a map soon.
The general plan is as follows:
Leave Kyoto and get the ferry on August 2nd from Kyoto maizuru ferry port to otaru ferry terminal Hokkaido. It’s about 18 hours.
From there spend a few days in Hokkaido Ueno farm the road to heaven and work or way to Hakodate ferry terminal where we hop the ferry to Oma ( about 90 minutes).
From there we will work our way down to Kyoto ( or beyond if time permits) Zig zagging down going thru Amori, lake Towada, matsushina, Toyaba, Hakuba and Nagano to name a few.
This will be camping with a few inn stays along the way.

Stay tuned for maps and more details

[fastbike]

Oma is a great place to stay so make sure you get the late afternoon ferry and stay at the Oma campsite.. also loads of good spots to visit in the aomori area.. Hope you like mixed Onsen..

[fastbike]

This is a great campsite in Hokkaido and its a good ride to the port with plenty of free time to get the afternoon ferry..

Make sure you pre book the ferry if its hoilday week as they get full and you might have to wait days to get on one.

look out for speed traps..

http://www.japanriders.com/showthrea...)-Best-Campsit

[fastbike]

Add this Onsen as a must stop point in Aomori.. Great roads in the area and the Backpackers in Towada is a nice cheap place to stay..

http://www.japanriders.com/showthrea...ri-Mixed-Onsen

Also a must in Aomori

http://www.japanriders.com/showthrea...ute-6-)-Aomori

http://www.japanriders.com/showthrea...oute-4)-Aomori

Nice camping spot in Misawa if you like plane spotting..

http://www.japanriders.com/showthrea...Misawa-Aomori)
also nice lake for a swim


If you use any of these links please post some photos and a report on each page when you get back..

[racer162]

Great info thanks! I have lake Towada on there and I’m pretty sure the backpacker hotel but I’ll be adding the others
Thanks!

[racer162]

Epic Japan 2019
https://goo.gl/maps/t9RzAkUMc2k

[fastbike]

This is the route i like.. The coast road along the top is a bit boaring and its worth paying a visit to the lake and the light house on the top right if you are in the area.. Good day of riding and you can end up at Towada back backers or the campsite behind Misawa AirBase

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[fastbike]

The rest of the route down to Fukushima looks good but you are missing all the good roads around Bandai
Bandai Skyline
Lake line
Sky valley

All are must ride roads in that area also there is a free campsite spot down at the big lake..

Will add some good spots for Hokkaido.

[racer162]

The rest of the route down to Fukushima looks good but you are missing all the good roads around Bandai
Bandai Skyline
Lake line
Sky valley

All are must ride roads in that area also there is a free campsite spot down at the big lake..

Will add some good spots for Hokkaido.

Great this is great info as it’s early enough to adapt so and add. And I defiantly want to add must ride roads or sights thanks.

[fastbike]

Come up to the yacht one weekend and we can go over the maps..