Finally hoping to make the trip since living here a few months. My idea is to ride from Tokyo to Osaka and then Kyoto and potentially back but I'm not sure about the ride back yet.
I'm kind of broke so Shinkansen won't work but I've seen it's cheap JR season and I could get a ticket set containing 5x day tickets for 12.000yen. Is that right? Is it easy to sell 4 of them and only hold on to one to travel Kyoto - Tokyo back including a packed up bicycle?
And if not:
which route do you recommend for first/return. Think I might tire by the end of and would prefer to ride the short route back to Tokyo. I'm not too time pressed to prefer the scenic cycle to the long motorways. Found lots of great discussions about trips but no info about preferences which directions to ride in case of a return leg.
I cycle ~30+km daily here in Tokyo and run 60km a week but my only longer ride lately has been to Yokohama and back.
Imagine to wake up early each day (4am) to start cycling to avoid the heat. Making average 100+km per day.
This shouldn't be too hard with my CUBE Cyclocross.
Ah, in case it's important. I'm planning to just sleep on the side of the road under a tarp with an occasional onsen trip and family restaurant to recharge the mobile. Done this elsewhere and have no problem getting a good nights sleep.
DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WILDLIFE? (BEARS, WILD BOARS, DEERS AND OTHER ANIMALS?)
And can somebody recommend a 5000-6000yen powerblock/battery to recharge the mobile on the road? Preferably something I can also easily use in mainland Europe.
Thank you,
really looking forward.
I'm kind of broke so Shinkansen won't work but I've seen it's cheap JR season and I could get a ticket set containing 5x day tickets for 12.000yen. Is that right? Is it easy to sell 4 of them and only hold on to one to travel Kyoto - Tokyo back including a packed up bicycle?
And if not:
which route do you recommend for first/return. Think I might tire by the end of and would prefer to ride the short route back to Tokyo. I'm not too time pressed to prefer the scenic cycle to the long motorways. Found lots of great discussions about trips but no info about preferences which directions to ride in case of a return leg.
I cycle ~30+km daily here in Tokyo and run 60km a week but my only longer ride lately has been to Yokohama and back.
Imagine to wake up early each day (4am) to start cycling to avoid the heat. Making average 100+km per day.
This shouldn't be too hard with my CUBE Cyclocross.
Ah, in case it's important. I'm planning to just sleep on the side of the road under a tarp with an occasional onsen trip and family restaurant to recharge the mobile. Done this elsewhere and have no problem getting a good nights sleep.
DO I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WILDLIFE? (BEARS, WILD BOARS, DEERS AND OTHER ANIMALS?)
And can somebody recommend a 5000-6000yen powerblock/battery to recharge the mobile on the road? Preferably something I can also easily use in mainland Europe.
Thank you,
really looking forward.
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