Why this ride
17 km from Ogasawara to Ogasawara, about 18 min of riding. An island ride, so the sea is never far.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Anejima and peripheral reefs and Ogasawara Islands
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 17 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 18 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Minamijima and peripheral reefs
A thousand kilometres south of Tokyo, in the Pacific Ocean, the Ogasawara Islands rise from the sea, a scattered chain of volcanic islands that have never been connected to a continent. Minamijima, a small uninhabited island just off Chichijima, is one of their jewels: a ring of jagged limestone around a sheltered cove, the Ogiura, with white sand, turquoise water and a sinkhole beach that looks like something from a dream. The island and its reefs are part of the Ogasawara Islands World Heritage site, listed by UNESCO in 2011.
Read the complete Minamijima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Minamijima and peripheral reefs comes up about 0 km into the recorded legs. Next is Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
2. Ogasawara Islands
About a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo, in the Pacific, a scatter of small volcanic islands sits on the road to nowhere. These are the Ogasawara Islands, also called the Bonin Islands, and they have never been joined to any continent. That isolation is the whole point. Snails, plants and insects have evolved here in ways found nowhere else, which is why UNESCO listed the islands in 2011 and why some people call them the Galapagos of the East.
Read the complete Ogasawara Islands write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ogasawara Islands, about halfway. Next is back through Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
3. back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Minamijima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Anejima and peripheral reefs.
Leg by leg
Minamijima and peripheral reefs to Ogasawara Islands
Minamijima and peripheral reefs → Ogasawara Islands is 9 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ogasawara Islands to back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs
Ogasawara Islands → back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs is 9 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.