CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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.
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A 225 km round trip from Ogasawara - roughly 4 h 05 in the saddle. The stops in between: Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef, Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re and back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
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.
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Minamijima and peripheral reefs comes up about 0 km into the recorded legs. Next is Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef.
The Ogasawara Islands lie about a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo, in the Pacific, and getting there takes a full day on a ferry, which is a good start to understanding why they have remained so special. The Bonin Islands, as they are also known, have never been connected to a continent, and as a result the plants and animals that reached them evolved in isolation, giving rise to a wealth of species found nowhere else. UNESCO listed the islands in 2011, and they are often called the Galapagos of the East.
Read the complete Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef write-up.
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about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef. Next is Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re.
Chichijima and Hahajima are the two inhabited islands of the Ogasawara chain, and the only ones where a visitor can really spend time. Chichijima, the father island, has the port village of Futami, a handful of beaches, quiet roads and a small museum that tells the settlers' story. Hahajima, the mother island, lies about fifty kilometres further south, a long green ridge with a tiny village and trails that climb through forest.
Read the complete Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re write-up.
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Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re, about halfway. Next is back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef.
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Read the complete Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef sits at 253 km, about halfway. Next is back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Minamijima and peripheral reefs write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs comes up about 226 km into the recorded legs. Next is Anejima and peripheral reefs.
Minamijima and peripheral reefs → Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef → Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re → back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef → back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.