CJA180A The Secrets of Japan - 2018

Nikko back to Tokyo Rest day in Nikko Kusatsu to Nikko Herayu to Kusatsu  Noto Island to Herayu We seemed to not have had enough rain yet on tour. Today we were blessed with another load of it. But this is not necessarily a bad thing at all. The Onsen (natural hot bath) sure is waiting for you in the next hotel ;) Well, and this is also the reason why you are only getting pictures of food today :) Japanse dishes are a sight by itself anyways ;) Fukui to Noto Island Our journey to Nanao on Noto Island lead the group on two routes. The avid riders among us took the long loop along the coast of the peninsula and those who wished to do more sightseeing went for the Eiheiji Temple. A temple complex of the Zen-Buddhism that has been founded in the 13th century and is still an actively used place. Himeji to Fukui Today was a pure riding day. We had to cover a stretch on the highway but it served only the purpose to get to go to the good riding areas  Kyoto to Himeji Today's ride took us to the most famous castle - or better say fortress - in Japan: Himeji Castle. Rest day in Kyoto Nachi-Katsuura to Kyoto Today and yesterday we had our two rainy days of the tour... Irago Cape to Nachi-Katsuura Fujiyoshida to Irago Cape Kawazu to Fujiyoshida Tokyo to Kawazu Arrival in Tokyo Konichiwa - Hello and welcome back to another tour of Japan.   Having arrived two days prior to the tour start, I find myself back in the biggest town on earth. Sharing the pier for a picture with not as many Japanese people as one might expect, Tokyo does not at all feel like a crowded place from here. Preparing a tour here follows completely different structures compared to home. But this is what I love with travelling - getting immersed in a different culture and making it possible to tour it with you. So I am very much looking forward to meeting the riders this afternoon. See you soon :)