Cape Sōya 宗谷岬 to Cape Sata 佐多岬

Well this was planned for 2020 but, as with much else in 2020, it was abandoned when 2020 happened… But how about 2021? That was abandoned too. 2022? I decided to cycle Le Grand Tour in 2022 but who knows what 2024 will bring?

Here are some pages that were created in anticipation of cycling Japan in 2020:

CyclingEurope.org Japan Pages

• Books
• Travel notes
• Initial Thoughts

Posts to CyclingEurope.org

• The Roads To Sata By Alan Booth (23.1.21)
• The Bear Necessities of Cycling in Japan (9.2.20)
• Cycling Japan, Via London (2.1.20)
• 2020: New Decade, New Continent, New Adventure… (31.12.19)
• Cycling Japan: The Numbers (20.10.19)
• Cycling Japan: Into the Eye of a Storm? (12.10.19)
• Cycling in Japan: The Thoughts of Simon Calder (7.10.19)
• A decision: Japan is go! (28.9.19)
• Europe or Japan? (21.9.19)
• 700 days to go (17.6.18)
• Not on a Bike Called Reggie (21.7.18)

Other Travellers

• Advice from Tamas B
• Interview with Mike Webb of PulpedTravel.com
• Ciaran Rawlinson’s Japan cycling videos

Maps

• The Google Map
• The Google Earth Video
• Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) – Wikipedia – Website
• GSI online map (very detailed!)
• High resolution aerial photos (from GSI)
• Paul Evans’ Google Map: Guesthouses / Hostels / Minshuku / Rider Houses in Japan

Cycling Routes in Japan

• The Shimanami Kaido Cycling Route: website – route pdf

Websites

• JapanCycling.org
• KanCycling.com
• OutdoorJapan.com
• “If you are up for a two-month pedal from Hakkaido to Kyushu, see the website for Bicycling for Everyone’s Earth (BEE)” BEEJapan.org but alas it now only seems to exist on Facebook…
• HokkaidoWilds.org – cycling
• OutdoorJapan.com – cycling
• Accommodation: Ryokan / Minshuku (Wikipedia)
• The Real Japan

Personal blogs

• Frank Burns: End to End Japan / Serendipities of Life
• Brakes & Cakes: Ten Things That Made Us Smile in Japan
• Good and Bad Japan
• Cycletraveloverload.com – Japan
• Patrick Abrams: Cycle2CapeSoya.com

Articles

• Bicycling.com: Cycling in Japan is Poetry
• Cycling UK Cycle Magazine: Japan in the Spring (Frank Burns)
• Reviving Japan Tourism (The Guardian)

Facebook Pages

• Free Camping & Hot Springs in Japan
• Japan Travel Planning

Administrative sources

• Japanese Embassy in the UK
• Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO)

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

• Tokyo 2020

Any suggestions or advice? Please get in touch!