CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Ogasawara it runs 117 km to Ogasawara; allow about 2 h 08 of riding. On the way it passes Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef and back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Chichijima and Hahajima are the two inhabited islands of the Ogasawara chain, and the only ones where a visitor can really spend time. Chichijima, the father island, has the port village of Futami, a handful of beaches, quiet roads and a small museum that tells the settlers' story. Hahajima, the mother island, lies about fifty kilometres further south, a long green ridge with a tiny village and trails that climb through forest.
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Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef comes up about 59 km into the recorded legs. Next is Nakodojima and peripheral reefs.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef, late in the day. Next is Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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Back at Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re. That is the ride.
Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re → Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef → back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is 0 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef → Some parts of Chichijima and peripheral re is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.