Last year I bought Beth a bike for Christmas–a Surly Long Haul Trucker (in green). Why did buy Beth that? It was because she wants to go on rides and tours with me, so I figured it would be prudent to start getting her set up and used to riding.
But there was also a secondary [...]

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Wow, after all of this writing about touring and stuff I suddenly go off and sell my bike.
Actually, I’ve been considering it for some time now, so for a few weeks ago I listed it up for sale on the prefectural JET website. A guy was interested, he stopped by today, gave it a test [...]

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I guess that’s what I get for deciding and ordering stuff only a week prior… both stores I ordered stuff from sent me emails saying that they had to wait on stock before they can send out my items. This means that instead of going to Kyushu, I guess I’ll just make a couple day [...]

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Spring break starts next week, and I’ve been wanting to do something or travel somewhere within the country for it.
A day or two ago the thought popped in my head to hop on a ferry down to Kyushu with my bike and do an almost loop of the island. This would pretty much be in [...]

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Day 10
???, Yamagata - Fukushima, Fukushima
Distance: 94.89 km
Average: 20.5 km/h
Max: 50.1 km/h
Total Distance: ~836.02 km

Final day (finally writing the last one of these).
I woke up, packed up, and headed out. The weather wasn’t quite as rainy today; it switched back and forther between clear and a light rain, but I still kept [...]

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Day 9
Niigata, Niigata - ???, Yamagata
Distance: ~130 km
Average: n/a
Max: n/a
Total Distance: ~745 km

On the morning of Day 9 I was planning on leaving where I had spent the night, the internet cafe, at around five in the morning, which is when the overnight package deal I had [...]

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Previous day, Day 7 Part 2 — Next day, Part 9
Day 8
Niigata, Niigata
Distance: ~45 km
Average: n/a
Max: n/a
Total Distance: ~615 km

The above figure of 45 km of cycling for the day actually ended up being quite a surprise for me when I checked my odometer at the end of the day. If this had been a [...]

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Due to so much happening during Day 7, I’m going to split this up into two entries. If you want to read the first part, head on over to Day 7 Part 1
Stats are for the whole of Day 7, not just Part 2.
Day 7, Part 2
??? - Niigata, Niigata
Distance: ~30 km of cycling
Average: n/a
Max: [...]

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Due to so much happening during Day 7, I’m going to split this up into two entries.
Day 7, Part 1
Tadami, Fukushima - ???
Distance: ~11 km
Average: n/a
Max: n/a
Total Distance: ~547 km (the distance on the map below is a typo and I don’t currently have Photoshop installed to fix it)

Today I once again woke up bright [...]

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So much for posting these updates every other day, eh?
Day 6
Tajima, Fukushima - Tadami, Fukushima
Distance: 61.76 km
Average: 19.5 km/h
Max: 62.1 km/h
Total Distance: 539.10 km

By the time I woke up in my hotel bed in Tajima, I knew that today was going to be a pretty short day. I was a lot further along than planned, [...]

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