Why this ride
The stops in between: Ototojima and peripheral reefs and back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs. It stays on the island.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ogasawara Islands and Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 161 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 56
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
2. Ototojima and peripheral reefs
Let us be honest from the start: you will not ride a motorcycle on Ototojima. This small, uninhabited island lies in the Ogasawara archipelago, about a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo in the western Pacific, and it has no roads, no people and strict rules about who can land. What it does have is a remarkable natural world. The Ogasawara Islands, also known as the Bonin Islands, have never been connected to a continent, and their plants and animals evolved in isolation, producing many species found nowhere else. The archipelago was listed by UNESCO in 2011, and Ototojima is one of its most precious parts.
Read the complete Ototojima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 81 km into the recorded legs you reach Ototojima and peripheral reefs. Next is Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef.
3. back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ototojima 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 Ototojima and peripheral reefs sits at 215 km, about halfway. Next is back through Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
4. 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
Ogasawara Islands closes the day.
Leg by leg
Ogasawara Islands to Ototojima and peripheral reefs
Ogasawara Islands → Ototojima and peripheral reefs is 81 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ototojima and peripheral reefs to back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs
Ototojima and peripheral reefs → back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs is 0 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs to Ogasawara Islands
back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs → Ogasawara Islands is 81 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.