Archive for June, 2020

Two books: One Man Caravan + No Thru Road

Two more motorcycle travel books I have read. One Man Caravan This is an extraordinary adventure, but a book I had difficulty to finish. 1932-33 Robert Edison Fulton at age 23 rode solo from London to Tokyo on a Douglas motorcycle. His feat predates all the more modern overland adventure […]

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Tohoku and Hokkaido Ride – return

From Shari in Hokkaido I turn my wheels south and start my return ride, however I have quite a bit to see along the way. I get lucky at Lake Kussharo caldera, the morning fog and low clouds obscured the lake when I pulled up but lift for me before […]

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Tohoku and Hokkaido ride continued

Continuing my ride in Tohoku Japan on day six I am making my way to a placed called Oga. Its an out of the way small cape in the Akita prefecture which I have always wondered about. A little cool leaving Morioka with some showers around so I switch to […]

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Tohoku and Hokkaido Ride

I was set to ride southern Japan in May however this year there had been travel restrictions in place. By late May things were being lifted so I decided to ride north since the June monsoon arrives from the south. I got a really easy ride out of the metropolis […]

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