Ahtomic
Warming-Up
- Feb 25, 2014
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Hello all!
Very new to the forum, but was pointed in this direction from a person of reddit. I hope this is an appropriate first post!
On June 12 a group of friends and I are landing in Narita airport and are planning to head to Kyoto. So far this is the only route we have been looking at, a 510km ride one way. We are relying on phones in case we get lost, and I have a basic college level of Japanese and a Japanese girlfriend as a language base. Our flight back home is June 23, effectively giving us 10 days to complete our goal. My bike is the GT Attack 2.0, but my friends have more expensive(pay to play?) bikes than I do, and we ride frequently. We did Oakland to San Jose in 5 hours(pre-Japan training) which is a distance of 41miles or 66km. So that would be our slowest rate, hopefully. We want to devote 8hours to biking 8hours of sleep and 8hours of sightseeing/eating/crying.
My questions:
Very new to the forum, but was pointed in this direction from a person of reddit. I hope this is an appropriate first post!
On June 12 a group of friends and I are landing in Narita airport and are planning to head to Kyoto. So far this is the only route we have been looking at, a 510km ride one way. We are relying on phones in case we get lost, and I have a basic college level of Japanese and a Japanese girlfriend as a language base. Our flight back home is June 23, effectively giving us 10 days to complete our goal. My bike is the GT Attack 2.0, but my friends have more expensive(pay to play?) bikes than I do, and we ride frequently. We did Oakland to San Jose in 5 hours(pre-Japan training) which is a distance of 41miles or 66km. So that would be our slowest rate, hopefully. We want to devote 8hours to biking 8hours of sleep and 8hours of sightseeing/eating/crying.
My questions:
- Is this a feasible goal?
- Are there better/faster routes?
- How hard/expensive will it be to find room to sleep on the road. Is camping a better idea?
- Are locals bike/gaijin friendly?
- My girlfriend said it will rain alot, accurate?
- Should I be expecting to spend a lot on food?
- Are local bike shops friendly towards gaijin?
I would really appreciate any response! Thanks for reading.