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Thank you so much for your continued support ❤

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I hope you’ll be lucky with the colours! Have a great ride with lots of fun sightseeing and cafes on the way!!

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Well, the two of us 😇 and lots of friendly Taiwanese people who help us along the way!

Thank you for watching 😊 We stayed at In Bloom Beppu - travel.rakuten.co.jp/HOTEL/167829/167829.html

Thank you so much 😊 We are undecided about our next trip… in March we cycled aroune the east coast of Taiwan, just before the big earthquake there. That will be the next video! Enjoy Sapporo and Okinawa!! Perfect timing to visit those places.

Glad to hear that you had a great time there! 😊

Thank you so much! Highly recommend to visit if you’re in Yokohama 😊

Thank you so much 🤩

Oh what a wonderful story! 😊 Shizuoka does feel like a special place. We spent two days cycling around there and kept wondering why there are not more tourists around, as the scenery is just so beautiful. We also get approached by locals sometimes who invite us for some food and drinks - always a great encounter and unforgettable memories!

Thank you sooo much for your wonderful review and subscribing to our channel 😊 We use a GoPro (95%) and sometimes also iPhone clips. The quality is really good and it has built-in shock-absorbing technology, perfect for cycling videos. Lake Biwa is amazing to explore by bike, as then you can explore all the sights around it!

@@jitenshaadventure I hope Okinawa is a future destination!

@@seizethedayandlive We're actually working on a video of our Amami Island cycling trip right now!! 😊 (Amami is part of Kagoshima Prefecture and less touristy than Okinawa. It was amazing!)

@@jitenshaadventure Sounds good; I'm looking forward to seeing it!

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Oh wow, thank you soooo much!!! 😊 It took such a long time to create this video, so this makes us really happy to hear!!! There was so much to see around Lake Biwa and cycling around it really seems like the best way to explore everything. Our friends drove around the lake and felt underwhelmed. For us it was one of our favourite cycling trips in Japan so far. The autumn foliage was an added bonus! Would definitely do this ride again. Thank you so much for subscribing and taking the time to write such a nice comment!

We did this bike trip in late October!

Thank you very much! The guesthouse we booked is called "in Bloom" and we booked it on Booking.com. Unfortunately it looks like they may have closed their business though! To find a similar guesthouse to stay at, I would recommend looking at AirBnb or Booking.com/Agoda. Hope you'll have a great trip!

Yes, we mount our GoPro on our bike (on the handle bar). After testing various mounts, this is our favourite one, but it doesn't work well with all types of bikes. The latest gopro has a really good integrated shock absorber and makes the footage look really smooth.

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This year the festival at Miura Kaigan was from the 17th of February to March 8th and the trees were in full bloom. You can probably already see it bloom a bit earlier, but it always depends on the weather conditions. I also recommend checking out the city 'Kawazu' on Izu Peninsula which is most famous for this winter cherry blossom festival. This might be perfect for your travel dates. They also have a live cam so you can check what it looks like before you go 😊 kawazu-onsen.com/eng/

Thank you! I highly recommend it 😊 You can rent bikes at Tsuchiura Station or just drive or walk around the lake with your dogs 🐶

@@jitenshaadventure That's a great idea! We'll have to go there sometime thanks for the info :D

Hey! Thanks for subscribing 😊 We brought our own bikes on this trip. There are quite a few shops around Japan where you can rent bikes from, including the official Giant shops. Often you can also cheaply rent normal bikes at train stations or tourism offices, sometimes even for free. There’s also docomo baybikes in some places like Yokohama, they’re small electric bikes and you pay by hour. So it depends where exactly you’re planning to rent a bike and how long for!

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Thanks, Alex! 😊

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Thanks, Tim!

Thanks, Nathan!!

Thank you!! The hill climbs with sea views were epic… no wonder so many motorcyclists go there! I would actually highly recommend going by train to Shizuoka, cycling to the ferry that crosses over and doing that, such a great experience!

Wow, how long did that take you? It did seem like quite a few of the cycling paths were new, but there's definitely still more that can be done. Especially on the hill / forest tracks, it doesn't get cleared regularly... But we're getting there I think 😊

We're not sure if there are free camping spots along the way! There might be a camping area on the north side of the lake.

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You‘re very welcome! Thanks for watching 😊

Did you like the cycling route? Yesterday was great cycling weather!

@@jitenshaadventure My riding buddy and I didn't really have a plan. We met at 5:00 a.m. in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref. We had both been to Baird Taproom in Numazu before, and have friends who brew for them, so we though we'd go there and say hello. We arrived too early though, so we rode up to their brewery in Shuzenji. Up to that point it was a good ride. On the way home, we relied a bit too much on Google Maps, and it got kind of maddening. My idea was to go home via Ito because it was the most direct route to the coast, but my buddy wanted to go via Atami because he wanted more elevation gain for the day. (He's crazy.) Going via Atami meant going farther back down the valley toward Numazu, and a lot of zigzagging through the rice fields. We missed the last conbini before the hill climb because of Google, so we both ran out of water on the climb. Luckily, someone I stopped to talk to gave me a sports drink. We made it back home to Shonan safe and sound.

@@veloboy That sounds like a fun adventure!! It has happened to us before too, thinking there are lot of conbinis around everywhere and then not finding one for ages and running out of snacks and water...

Thanks Paul!!

That's awesome! Where did you do your first two bike tours in Japan? We also found the Wakayama 800 website very useful with the planning of our trip! Let us know if you want to know any details - accommodation, specific routes etc!

Robert, I hope that individual touring will be allowed soon as I want one more long tour in Japan. We might even be on the road at the same time, who knows.

@@jitenshaadventure my first bike tour( last century) was for 7 weeks doing bits of each main island i.e. kyushu, shikoku, honshu and hokkaido and 2 small islands, shikanoshima and enoshima. 2nd tour was bits round tokyo, kyushu then the shimanami kaido awaji shima and southern shikoku using the ohenro pilgrimage as a guide. I'm so busy with work so the wakayama 800 and your vlogs have been a blessing as i have little time to plan my own.

@@paulevans5455 great to hear, unless murphy's law interferes with my holiday plans i should be in wakayama for 2weeks after golden week 2023

Thank you! Looking forward to watching some of your videos to get some new cycling ideas! 😊