On my first bicycle journey I spend almost 4 months in Japan and cycled more than 2000 fantastic miles up and down in the Land of the Rising Sun.

First to Mnt. Fuji with Robert from Germany, later on my own into the Japanese Alps were I meet a Japanese bicycle traveller. I would meet this guy three times in the following monts. I've had lots of luck during an accident, then went on a pilgrimage on Shikoku. My Japanese really improved a lot off the tourist track. Eventually I cycled down to Kyushu. Every day I've had such warm and welcome feeling in this marvelous country. Read yourself...