Why this ride
From Ogasawara it runs 150 km to Ogasawara; allow about 2 h 35 of riding. The stops in between: Minamijima and peripheral reefs, Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef and back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ototojima and peripheral reefs and Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 150 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 35
- 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. 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
Ototojima and peripheral reefs is where the day begins. Next is Minamijima and peripheral reefs.
2. Minamijima and peripheral reefs
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Minamijima and peripheral reefs comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef. Next is back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs.
4. back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Minamijima 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 Minamijima and peripheral reefs, late in the day. Next is Ototojima and peripheral reefs.
5. 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 at Ototojima and peripheral reefs. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ototojima and peripheral reefs to Minamijima and peripheral reefs
Ototojima and peripheral reefs → Minamijima and peripheral reefs is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Minamijima and peripheral reefs to Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef
Minamijima and peripheral reefs → Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef to back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef → back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs to Ototojima and peripheral reefs
back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs → Ototojima and peripheral reefs is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.