nagano

Hello. I'm Pali from Hawaii. I live in San Francisco. I drove to Los Angeles and caught the cheapest one way flight, $285, to Japan with my bicycle (2020 Giant Revolt 2, gravel bike). I landed at Shizuoka Airport at 8pm. It closes at 10pm. I pedaled to Shizuoka city. Big adventure. 3...

This is the route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/45050492

My Garmin and poor planning took me down some seriously deserted and spooky roads.

Yours truly just after Shiranesan

Beautiful view just after Shiranesan （白根山） on route 292

Yay, highest national road in Japan.

The stunning route 12 between Shinshushinmachi and Ueda-shi.

Route 181 at 6:30am. Absolutely deserted, and damp.

In front of Matsumoto Castle