Why this ride
From Ogasawara it runs 5 km to Ogasawara; allow about 5 min of riding. It stays on the island.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Anijima and peripheral reefs and Ogasawara Islands
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 5 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 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. Anijima and peripheral reefs
Anijima, whose name means elder brother island, lies a short boat ride off Chichijima in the Ogasawara or Bonin Islands, a chain of volcanic specks roughly a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo. Nobody gets here by accident. The only link to the mainland is the ferry that makes the journey of around twenty-four hours, running about once a week, and the whole group has never been joined to any continent. That isolation is why UNESCO listed it as a natural World Heritage Site in 2011, calling it an oceanic Galápagos.
Read the complete Anijima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Anijima and peripheral reefs is where the day begins. 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
about 3 km into the recorded legs you reach Ogasawara Islands. Next is back through Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
3. Anijima and peripheral reefs
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Anijima 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 at Anijima and peripheral reefs. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Anijima and peripheral reefs to Ogasawara Islands
Anijima and peripheral reefs → Ogasawara Islands is 3 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ogasawara Islands to Anijima and peripheral reefs
Ogasawara Islands → Anijima and peripheral reefs is 3 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.