Why this ride
The stops in between: Ogasawara Islands and back through Ogasawara Islands.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Nakodojima and peripheral reefs and Yomejima and peripheral reefs
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 33 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 36 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.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Nakodojima and peripheral reefs
No road leads to Nakodojima, and for a good reason: it lies in the Pacific about a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo, in the Mukojima group of the Ogasawara or Bonin Islands, and it is a small uninhabited rock surrounded by reef. The name is a joke the old mariners would have enjoyed. In this group of islands, Mukojima means bridegroom island, Nakodo means matchmaker, and the nearby Yomejima means bride, so the three islets together make a wedding party. Access to the Mukojima group is restricted, and visitors need a permit or must go with a licensed tour.
Read the complete Nakodojima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Nakodojima and peripheral reefs is where the day begins. Next is Ogasawara Islands.
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 comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
3. back through Ogasawara Islands
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Ogasawara Islands, late in the day. Next is Nakodojima and peripheral reefs.
4. Nakodojima and peripheral reefs
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Nakodojima 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 Nakodojima and peripheral reefs. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Nakodojima and peripheral reefs to Ogasawara Islands
Nakodojima and peripheral reefs → Ogasawara Islands is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ogasawara Islands to back through Ogasawara Islands
Ogasawara Islands → back through Ogasawara Islands is 0 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ogasawara Islands to Nakodojima and peripheral reefs
back through Ogasawara Islands → Nakodojima and peripheral reefs is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.