Category Touring Routes

3-day Setouchi Small Loop from Kansai Airport: castles, skylines & coasts of Kobe, Kurashiki, Takamatsu, Tokushima & Awaji.

2-week, 2,800 km Japan Grand Loop: start Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya/Hiroshima; Fuji, Kyoto, Shikoku, Alps, Nikko.

3-day ride: Fukui→Kanazawa→White Road→Shirakawa-go→Takayama→Shiga-Kusatsu→Kusatsu Onsen→Nikkō→Tokyo. Spring/fall best.

Ride the coast from the Tottori Sand Dunes, follow Hyogo’s Tajima Gyoka Line, and climb Fukui’s Mikata Goko Rainbow Line. Finish in Fukui City (Eiheiji). A forward-moving ~310 km / 1-day section (best in spring & autumn). Next: Northern Alps…

A day of bridges: cross the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge, ride down Awaji Island, then the Naruto Strait Bridge into Tokushima before heading into the mountains for Iya’s Kazurabashi. A forward-moving day of ~290 km (best in spring and autumn). Next: Shikoku…

One-day ride Gero Onsen → Kyoto via Hida–Mino Seseragi Road and Gujo Hachiman. ~260 km. Best in spring/autumn.

Two-day ride Tokyo→Kawaguchiko→Gero Onsen via Hakone Skyline, Fuji Subaru Line, Suwa and Tsumago. Best in spring/autumn.

Ride a 3-day Tohoku loop: Zao Echo Line, Mt. Gassan, Sasagawa Nagare coast, and the Bandai Skyline trio with hot springs.

Ride a 1–2 day loop from Tokyo: Nikko’s UNESCO shrines, Irohazaka’s 48 curves, Lake Chuzenji, Oku-Nikko, and Konsei Pass.

Ride a 3-day Kansai loop: Nara temples, Mt. Yoshino, Kumano Kodo, Nachi Falls, and hot springs, with an option for Koya-Ryujin Skyline.