Tag: ridejapan
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Cycling: Checking Road Conditions Before Leaving
As you are probably well aware Japan is a very mountainous country. It is also very wet, especially in the typhoon season from late summer to early autumn. Heavy rainfall and mountains can obviously lead to landslides and it is for that reason that it is always a good idea to check the road conditions…
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Bike Packing: Gokayama – Takayama – Nakatsugawa
Friday evening after work I hitched a ride with a friend and his wife to Gokayama (五箇山), a world heritage site, high in the mountains in Toyama prefecture (富山県), about 3 hours north of Nagoya. Arriving around 11pm we all chose to sleep at one of the Michi-no-eki (道の駅) that you can find everywhere throughout…
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