TravBuddy.com: Junko's Shikoku travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/31445 It is my first cycling trip! A friend told me Japan is a right size to have a trip by bike, exactly! We cycled one of the main lslands of Japan called Shikoku for 8days. Our plan was cycling along a cost clockwise. We did not have time to cycle the whole island so that we decided to did half of it, plus cut off a bit by train. I was looking forward to see sea and other several little islands between the main island! en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:58:30 PST To Muroto, the southest point of Kouchi prefecture http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/31445/Muroto-southest-point-Kouchi-prefecture-5 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:58:30 PST To Muroto, the southest point of Kouchi prefecture Muroto, Japan, Apr 30, 2008

For the first half　it was an intensive cycling. We took a more difficult route than the main road. The road was up and down in quite ranges. It&nbs…

]]> To Hiwasa http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/31445/Hiwasa-4 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:52:36 PST To Hiwasa Hiwasa, Japan, Apr 29, 2008

Around this day, I stopped to makeup. When I travel to developing countries, I always travel as a backpacker so I do not bring makeup kit and do not …

]]> Takamatsu to Naruto http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/31445/Takamatsu-Naruto-3 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:57:30 PST Takamatsu to Naruto Naruto, Japan, Apr 28, 2008

After waking up we did sightseeing at Naruto. It is famous for its vortexes which occur in the Nruto Strait. We took a ferry trip. On the d…

]]> Cycling through shimanami-kaidou to Imabari and Takamatsu http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/31445/Cycling-through-shimanami-kaidou-2 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:18:45 PST Cycling through shimanami-kaidou to Imabari and Takamatsu Shimanami-kaidou, Japan, Apr 27, 2008

Shimanami-kaidou is one of the highlights of our trip. I wanted to see sea and islands. There are six islands on a way and we had to c…

]]> Hiroshima to Onomichi http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/31445/Hiroshima-Onomichi-1 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:17:09 PST Hiroshima to Onomichi Hiroshima, Japan, Apr 26, 2008

First of all, I would like to talk about the preparation done in little time. I purchased the touring bike, two side bags for rear tire, …

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