Northeast Asia, All Elements
About this map: www.zweiradlertouren.de/en/zat/faq/#route.
Tizian Römer and Belinda Benz from Zweiradlertouren (www.zweiradlertouren.de).

Train Trip: Kyoto/Osaka
We parked our bicycles in Shimoichi and took the train to visit Kyoto and the Shimano Bicycle Museum in Osaka.

Unpaved (on day 1322)
Length of this section: 1.11 km

Scenic (on day 1322)
Length of this section: 3.83 km

Scenic (on day 1322)
Length of this section: 2.28 km

Scenic (on day 1323)

Unpaved (on day 1331)

Warning (on day 1333)
Overgrown foot path. Pushing required.

Warning (on day 1333)
Dead end. The bike path connector that is visible here on OpenStreetMap doesn't exist anymore.

Unpaved (on day 1334)

Warning (on day 1334)
Pushing through deep sand. Easy when going downhill (to the beach), very difficult when going uphill (from the beach back to the bike path).

Three times stairs. Consider cycling on the road.

The bike path along the coast that is shown by OSM has be demolished. Impossible to cycle there anymore, unfortunately. You can maybe try to cycle on the dam (gravel road), but when we were they, workers mowed the grass and closed the road for that.

On the western end of this section was a sign "road closed", on the eastern end it only said "danger – death road". Obviously, the road isn’t maintained anymore, but was very nice for cycling. Only once we had to push for 5 m due to fallen trees on the road.

Highlight (on day 1347)

Big landslide, it MIGHT not be impossible to lift your bicycle across but very difficult and not really safe – hardly doable, if you are alone. Definitely would NOT recommend to come here and try it. With a very heavy heart, we decided to turn around (the road is beautiful!). The only indication for the road closure was a corresponding temporary road sign located near the top of the dam at 33.75972, 133.55035. Nobody was working on removing the landslide when we were there.

The bike track is officially only accessible at a single entry point at 34.44362, 132.92801. You can also sneak in/out at 34.43262, 132.93441 over a steep overgrown ramp (pushing required) or by lifting your bike across a small fence at 34.44326, 132.91027. After doing so, we were told by staff in the evening we have to "go home" because the bike track is only open from 9 am to 5 pm. And when we entered it again in the morning to cycle it anticlockwise, cyclists there insisted that we have to go clockwise (so instead of finishing the whole loop or turning back, we sneaked out at the inofficial entry point in the south again).

Nice little road without any traffic along the expressway, BUT a permanent up and down (not flat like the expressway, unfortunately).

Only 50% of this section is unpaved.

Pretty overgrown, hardly ridable. Got worse and worse, so I turned back. Would be an adventurous hiking trail, though.

Path fenced off, therefore dead end.

Unmaintained path, like even forest floor. 80% ridable, but lots of small fallen trees to overcome. Wasn't overly difficult, but very cumbersome. It took 35 min to cycle these less than 2 km.

Rather busy road with no shoulders or sidewalk.

Super steep road. We pushed downhill.

The bridge can only be reached by carrying up your bicycle a staircase of about 15 steps. Also, it's forbidden to cross the bridge by bicycle (we pushed and hoped it'll be fine ...).

We had to push across a field here.

Pretty bumpy hiking path, pushing required. One staircase. This section took us 20 min.

Two tunnels of the more umcomfortable kind. Rather trafficy, very narrow. At the first (southern) tunnel we didn't see any road sign that indicates that bicycles are forbidden in the tunnel, but there were not less that three such sign in front of the second tunnel. We went through anyway (the pass road over the tunnel was closed with boom barriers). Not particularly recommended.

Rather bumpy forest track, sometimes pushing required. This one kilometer took us 12 min.

Highlight (on day 1375)

There are signs in front of the tunnel according to which cycling through the tunnel is forbidden. There's no shoulder or sidewalk and the road is rather trafficy. 10 km later, at the traffic-free road along the reservoir, a police car stopped us; they were called by somebody who saw us cycling through the tunnel and they told us it is dangerous and we must be careful (which is probably a friendly way of telling us that we shouldn't cycle through the tunnels). We told them that that single tunnel has no alternative but from now on we will stay on the smaller roads without tunnels. That was fine, we didn't have to pay a fine or so and they were very friendly.

On this section, we travelled by Flight!
For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1321 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/102-jpn.html

Flight–Narita-Airport
11:28–11:47
2.45 km
0:14:39
Ø 10.03 km/h
Up/Down: 20 m/19 m
100% cloudage, cool, windless
For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1321 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/102-jpn.html

Narita-Airport–Narita
11:15–17:08
16.62 km
1:31:46
Ø 10.87 km/h
Up/Down: 94 m/93 m
50% cloudage, cold, windless
For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1322 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/102-jpn.html

Narita–Kashiwa
10:10–15:47
43.83 km
3:12:56
Ø 13.63 km/h
Up/Down: 89 m/99 m
25% cloudage, cold, moderate tailwinds

Kashiwa–Ichikawa
25% cloudage, cool, moderate tailwinds

Ichikawa–Tokyo
0% cloudage, brisk, windless

Tokyo–Hiratsuka
75% cloudage, cold, moderate tailwinds

Hiratsuka–Gotemba
0% cloudage, cool, moderate tailwinds

Gotemba–Saikonishi
0% cloudage, cold, windless

Saikonishi–Shizuoka
25% cloudage, brisk, moderate headwinds

Shizuoka–Omaezaki
50% cloudage, brisk, windless

Omaezaki–Akabanecho
25% cloudage, brisk, windless

Akabanecho–Ise
75% cloudage, cool, windless

On this section, we travelled by Ferry!

Ise–Okukahada Lake
75% cloudage, cool, moderate headwinds

Okukahada Lake–Tsuburo Lake

Tsuburo Lake–Kyoto
25% cloudage, cool, windless

Shimoichi–Tokushima
75% cloudage, cool, moderate headwinds

Tokushima–Yama Shrine
75% cloudage, cold, moderate headwinds

Yama Shrine–Iya River
25% cloudage, very cold, windless

Iya River–Motoyama
25% cloudage, cold, moderate tailwinds

Motoyama–Saijo
50% cloudage, very cold, windless

Saijo–Michikajima
0% cloudage, cold, windless

Michikajima–Innoshima

Innoshima–Hiroshima Airport
25% cloudage, very cold, moderate headwinds

Hiroshima Airport–Hiroshima Camping
0% cloudage, cool, moderate tailwinds

Hiroshima Camping–Hiroshima

Hiroshima–Yasaka Lake
0% cloudage, cool, moderate headwinds

Yasaka Lake–Shinbegahara

Shinbegahara–Mine

Mine–Shimonoseki
0% cloudage, brisk, moderate tailwinds

Shimonoseki–Ferry

For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1360 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/104-kor.html

Ferry–Busan
For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1360 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/104-kor.html

Busan–Jinyeong-eup
25% cloudage, brisk, moderate tailwinds
For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1366 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/104-kor.html

Jinyeong-eup–Guji-myeon
50% cloudage, warm, moderate tailwinds

Guji-myeon–Daegu

Daegu–Gumi
100% cloudage, brisk, moderate headwinds

Gumi–Mungyeong

Mungyeong–Chungju
0% cloudage, warm, moderate headwinds

Chungju–Yeoju
0% cloudage, warm, moderate headwinds

Yeoju–Yangsu-ri
50% cloudage, brisk, moderate headwinds

Yangsu-ri–Chuncheon
25% cloudage, warm, moderate tailwinds

Chuncheon–Gandong

Gandong–Soyang See

Soyang See–Sokcho
0% cloudage, brisk, moderate tailwinds

Sokcho–Ferry
For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1380 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/105-rus.html

For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1380 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/105-rus.html

For the podcast episode and image gallery covering day 1381 see https://zweiradlertouren.de/de/zat/berichte/105-rus.html

Ferry–Vladivostok

Vladivostok–Transsib
0% cloudage, very cold, windless

On this section, we travelled by Train!

Day 1321 – Wednesday, 11.02.2026 – Narita-Airport
Category: Private Room
Number of nights spent at this location: 1
Altitude: 31 m
Name: Narita Tobu Hotel Airport
Price: 108 €/night incl. buffet breakfast
Booked at: booking.com
Room Size: standard
Beds: one double
Bath: private
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/perfect
Laundry: fee required
Furnishings: chair and desk
General Review: perfect
We only could afford this because our original flight to Japan was canceled and the airline booked us on a flight one day earler and payed the hotel.
Note that the price given here is always simply what we payed. It may include discounts (like from the booking.com Genius program) or tips or has changed due to inflation since we were there. If a price in euro is given, this corresponds to the approximate (!) exchange rate at the time of our stay. Prices are NOT per person, but for both of us.

Day 1322 – Thursday, 12.02.2026 – Narita
Category: Wild Camping
Number of nights spent at this location: 1
Altitude: 18 m
Surface: forest floor; even; flat
Space for: many tents
Shade for tent/sitting: only in evening/only in evening
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: yes
Visibility: hardly visible from a tiny road with no traffic
Accessibility: easy
Facilities: none
Disturbance: quiet
View-Rating: 2/5
We wanted to camp at the nearby very cheap campsite, but they didn't allow us to stay because a reservation is required. You might be able to stay spontaneously, though, if somebody else has made a reservation and is staying on that day.
For photos of this location see

Category: Wild Camping
Number of nights spent at this location: 1
Altitude: 0 m
Surface: forest floor; even; flat
Space for: 1–2 tents
Shade for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: yes
Visibility: only slightly hidden from the footpath, but hidden from roads and buildings
Accessibility: easy
Facilities: toilet, drinking water
Disturbance: quiet
View-Rating: 2/5
For photos of this location see

Day 1324 – Saturday, 14.02.2026 – Ichikawa
Category: Wild Camping
Surface: forest floor; even; slight slope
Space for: many tents
Shade for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: yes
Visibility: well hidden
Accessibility: easy
Facilities: none
Disturbance: quiet
View-Rating: 3/5
We wanted to camp at the nearby free of charge campsite, but they didn't allow us to stay because a reservation at least one week ahead is required.

Category: Private Room
Name: Tokyo Central Youth Hostel
Price: 50 €/night
Booked at: booking.com
Room Size: standard (big for Tokyo!)
Beds: two single
Bath: shared
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/good
Laundry: fee required
Furnishings: couch, shared kichenette
General Review: good
18th floor, awesome view! Breakfast buffet for 5 € per person
For photos of this location see
Note that the price given here is always simply what we payed. It may include discounts (like from the booking.com Genius program) or tips or has changed due to inflation since we were there. If a price in euro is given, this corresponds to the approximate (!) exchange rate at the time of our stay. Prices are NOT per person, but for both of us.

Day 1330 – Friday, 20.02.2026 – Hiratsuka
Category: Private (Bed)
Note that, in order to protect the privacy of our host, the location of this map point does NOT precisely correspond to the exact location of our overnight stay!

Day 1331 – Saturday, 21.02.2026 – Gotemba
Surface: short grass; even; slight slope
Space for: 2–3 tents
Shade for tent/sitting: no/yes
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/yes
Wind Shelter: little bit
Visibility: only slightly hidden
Facilities: picnic table under roof, toilet nearby at the road station
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise

Day 1332 – Sunday, 22.02.2026 – Saikonishi
Surface: forest floor; bit bumpy; flat
Space for: 1–2 tents
Shade for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Visibility: well hidden from the road, nobody passed by on the hiking trail
Facilities: none

Day 1333 – Monday, 23.02.2026 – Shizuoka
Surface: gravel; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: only from north
Visibility: hardly visible from the road, visible from the bike path
Facilities: toilet nearby, access to sea
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise
Suitable only when pitching the tent after dark and leaving early in the morning.

Day 1334 – Tuesday, 24.02.2026 – Omaezaki
Surface: concrete; even; flat
Space for: many tents
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Wind Shelter: no
Visibility: visible
Facilities: toilet

Day 1336 – Thursday, 26.02.2026 – Akabanecho
Surface: short grass; even; slight slope
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: only from north
Visibility: visible from the bike path and a distant road

Surface: short grass; even; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/no
Wind Shelter: no
Visibility: visible
Facilities: toilet (no water!!!)
Designated free of charge campsite.

Day 1338 – Saturday, 28.02.2026 – Okukahada Lake
Surface: short grass; even; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit/yes
Wind Shelter: yes but not from south
Visibility: only slightly visible from the road
Facilities: picnic table

Day 1339 – Sunday, 01.03.2026 – Tsuburo Lake
Surface: concrete; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent (more without roof on grass)
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Wind Shelter: no
Visibility: not well hidden
Facilities: toilet (no water when we were there)

Category: Private Room
Name: Framboise KYOTO Hotel de charme
Price: 25 €/night
Booked at: agoda
Room Size: standard
Beds: one double
Bath: private
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/perfect
Laundry: free
Furnishings: kichenette, chair and desk
General Review: perfect
Note that the price given here is always simply what we payed. It may include discounts (like from the booking.com Genius program) or tips or has changed due to inflation since we were there. If a price in euro is given, this corresponds to the approximate (!) exchange rate at the time of our stay. Prices are NOT per person, but for both of us.

Day 1344 – Friday, 06.03.2026 – Tokushima
Surface: forest floor; even; flat
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/yes
Wind Shelter: little bit
Visibility: visible
Facilities: toilets nearby

Day 1345 – Saturday, 07.03.2026 – Yama Shrine
Space for: 2 tents
Visibility: hardly visible from the road, visible for visitor of the Yama shrine (but no visitor came by while we were there)

Day 1346 – Sunday, 08.03.2026 – Iya River
Surface: carpet; even; flat
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes/yes
Visibility: well hidden
Inside an abandoned old house.

Day 1347 – Monday, 09.03.2026 – Motoyama
Category: Camp Site
Surface: short grass; even; flat
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes (with gravel floor)/yes
Facilities: toilet, drinking water, cold shower
Official free of charge campsite.

Space for: 1–2 tents, many more on gravel
Facilities: toilet with water nearby
Designated free of charge campsite.

Day 1349 – Wednesday, 11.03.2026 – Michikajima
Category: Camp Site
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes (on concrete floor)/yes
Visibility: hidden from roads
Facilities: toilet, water, beach access
Official free of charge campsite.

Day 1350 – Thursday, 12.03.2026 – Innoshima
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: yes (on concrete floor)/yes
Visibility: hidden from roads
Accessibility: quite steep road, might need to push on the next morning
Facilities: toilet, water
Former commercial campsite, now abandoned.

Day 1351 – Friday, 13.03.2026 – Hiroshima Airport
Surface: gravel/sand; bit bumpy; slight slope
Wind Shelter: little bit
Visibility: hidden

Day 1352 – Saturday, 14.03.2026 – Hiroshima Camping
Space for: 3 tents
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: no/yes
Facilities: toilet
Note there's a freeof charge campsite nearby at 34.41003, 132.52224, but that one is difficult to reach by bicycle so we stayed further down the hill (probably not exactly legal).

Day 1353 – Sunday, 15.03.2026 – Hiroshima
Name: Hotel Kuretakeso
Price: 24 €/night
Booked at: booking.com
Room Size: small
Beds: one double
Bath: private
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/acceptable
Laundry: available for 400 JPY
Furnishings: chair and desk, fridge
General Review: acceptable

Day 1354 – Monday, 16.03.2026 – Yasaka Lake
Rain shelter for tent/sitting: little bit (underneath high bridge)/little bit (underneath high bridge)
Visibility: hidden from roads and houses
Disturbance: a bit traffic noise

Day 1355 – Tuesday, 17.03.2026 – Shinbegahara
Category: Camp Site
Facilities: toilet, water
Official free of charge campsite.

Surface: concrete; even; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: no/yes
Visibility: hidden from roads
Facilities: picnic table

Day 1358 – Friday, 20.03.2026 – Shimonoseki
Surface: gravel/long grass; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: only if sun is low/only if sun is low
Wind Shelter: yes but not from east
Visibility: hardly visible from the road

Category: Airport, Ferry etc.

Name: Frenchcode
Booked at: agoda
Room Size: standard
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/acceptable
Laundry: impossible
Furnishings: chair and desk, a/c
General Review: acceptable

Day 1366 – Saturday, 28.03.2026 – Jinyeong-eup
Surface: wooden planks; even; flat
Space for: 2 tents
Facilities: drinking water, toilet (down at the road)
In a Korean pavillon.

Day 1367 – Sunday, 29.03.2026 – Guji-myeon
Surface: short grass; even; slight slope
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit/yes

Name: CF Hotel
Booked at: no booking
Room Size: big
Cleanliness Bed/General: clean/acceptable
Laundry: didn't check if possible
Furnishings: chair and desk, a/c, free popcorn
General Review: acceptable

Surface: wooden planks/concrete; even; flat
Wind Shelter: yes but not from south
Visibility: not well hidden
Facilities: none (there are toilets, but they were locked)
In a Korean pavillon.

Day 1370 – Wednesday, 01.04.2026 – Mungyeong
Surface: wooden planks; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent (many more on forest floor without shelter)
Visibility: visible, but no roads nearby
Facilities: drinking water, toilet
In a Korean pavillon.

Day 1371 – Thursday, 02.04.2026 – Chungju
Surface: wooden planks; even; flat
Space for: 1 tent
Visibility: not well hidden from the road

Name: Q Motel
Booked at: no booking
Laundry: didn't check if possible
Furnishings: a/c

Day 1373 – Saturday, 04.04.2026 – Yangsu-ri
Surface: rope mat; bit bumpy; flat
Shade for tent/sitting: little bit/little bit
Visibility: not well hidden from other park visitors
Facilities: none (toilets and drinking water 1.5 km downstream)

Day 1374 – Sunday, 05.04.2026 – Chuncheon
Name: S Petite Hotel
Booked at: agoda
Laundry: didn't check if possible
Furnishings: chair and desk, a/c

Space for: 1 tent
Wind Shelter: only from east and south
Disturbance: quiet (some light from street lights)
In a Korean pavillon. In the morning, a worried Korean lady came and couldn't believe we slept outside in the cold. She showed us that the adjacent sports building is unlocked and had toilets.

Day 1376 – Tuesday, 07.04.2026 – Soyang See
Space for: 1 tent
Accessibility: easy (except for the 10 step staircase that leads to the elevated pavillon platform)
Facilities: toilet (no water!!!)
In a beautiful Korean pavillon.

Day 1377 – Wednesday, 08.04.2026 – Sokcho
Name: Cheongcho Hotel
Furnishings: chair and desk, a/c

Day 1381 – Sunday, 12.04.2026 – Vladivostok
Name: Tiger Hill Hostel
Booked at: Hostel Website (see Google Maps)
Room Size: small
Laundry: free
Furnishings: a/c, fridge, kettle, shared kitchen

Day 1385 – Thursday, 16.04.2026 – Transsib
Category: Airport, Ferry etc.