Why this ride
From Ogasawara it runs 14 km to Ogasawara; allow about 15 min of riding. An island ride, so the sea is never far.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Higashijima and peripheral reefs and Ogasawara Islands
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 14 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 15 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. Higashijima and peripheral reefs
Higashijima means eastern island, and like its relatives in the Ogasawara chain it sits in the middle of the Pacific, around a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo and at the end of one of the longest regular ferry runs in Japan. No road leads to it, and nobody rides there. What it offers is a glimpse of one of the world's most isolated natural laboratories, seen from a boat on a good day.
Read the complete Higashijima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Higashijima 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 7 km into the recorded legs you reach Ogasawara Islands. Next is back through Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
3. Higashijima and peripheral reefs
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Higashijima 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 Higashijima and peripheral reefs. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Higashijima and peripheral reefs to Ogasawara Islands
Higashijima and peripheral reefs → Ogasawara Islands is 7 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ogasawara Islands to Higashijima and peripheral reefs
Ogasawara Islands → Higashijima and peripheral reefs is 7 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.