Why this ride
It goes by way of Anejima and peripheral reefs, Minamijima and peripheral reefs, Ototojima and peripheral reefs and back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef and Yomejima and peripheral reefs
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 177 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 13
- 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. 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
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is where the day begins. Next is Anejima and peripheral reefs.
2. Anejima and peripheral reefs
Anejima is a speck of an island in the Ogasawara group, the Bonin Islands, scattered in the Pacific about a thousand kilometres south of Tokyo. Nobody rides a motorcycle to it. The only practical way to reach the group is the ferry from Tokyo to Chichijima, a trip of roughly a day, and the smaller islands around Chichijima are reached by boat or not at all. So this stop is really about the scenery of a reef and the story of the place, and if you are planning a ride here, plan it around Chichijima's little roads.
Read the complete Anejima and peripheral reefs write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Anejima and peripheral reefs comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Minamijima and peripheral reefs.
3. 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
about 86 km into the recorded legs you reach Minamijima and peripheral reefs. Next is Ototojima and peripheral reefs.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is Yomejima and peripheral reefs.
5. 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 comes up about 105 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs.
6. 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
about 124 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs. Next is back through Anejima and peripheral reefs.
7. Back to Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Anejima and peripheral reefs, late in the day. Next is Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef.
8. Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
The route ends here after 317 km.
Leg by leg
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef to Anejima and peripheral reefs
Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef → Anejima and peripheral reefs is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Anejima and peripheral reefs to Minamijima and peripheral reefs
Anejima and peripheral reefs → Minamijima and peripheral reefs is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Minamijima and peripheral reefs to Ototojima and peripheral reefs
Minamijima and peripheral reefs → Ototojima and peripheral reefs is 19 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 rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs to back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs
back through Ototojima and peripheral reefs → back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs to Back to Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef
back through Minamijima and peripheral reefs → Back to Some parts of Hahajima and peripheral reef is 54 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.