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1 japan by bicycle Documentary Don’t miss the Japan by Bicycle documentary! Watch for free now at JapanByBicycle.com (English and Japanese subtitles available) 2 because you neeD more info on japan How to Get Yourself to Japan eBook Download at JapanByBicycle.com and save 20% now with the discount code: Ramen9000 As you’ll see in the Japan by Bicycle adventure, Japan “How much money should I bring?” “Do I need to know is close to my heart. After talking with others who share Japanese?” I answer all these questions and reveal my interest in this fascinating country, I realized that everything you need to know to successfully get your- many of you have questions about exactly how to get self to Japan for either a short or long term stay in this to Japan. “How do I get a job?” “What visa do I need?” eBook “How to Get Yourself to Japan.” Topics covered: • The many opportunities and options to go to Japan • Visa options, which visa you need, and how to avoid being denied • The proven forumula to successful job hunting in Japan • Exact budgets and figures for both tourists and residents • Self-studying Japanese effectively • Travel insights and secrets to maximize your time in Japan Save 20% now if you use the discount code: Ramen9000 Download now at JapanByBicycle.com 3 Copyright 5 Day 21 - The Kansai Crawl 156 Dedication 6 Day 22 - What to See in Kyoto in 5 Hours 161 Foreword 7 Day 23 - The 308 Blues 170 Day 24 - Dylan Takes the Plunge 177 Introduction Day 25 - Dangerously Cheesy 183 Day 26 - More Money, More Problems? 189 About the Trip 8 Day 27 & 28 - Typhoon of the Century 193 Meet the Team 13 Day 29 - Creatures from the Deep 202 Our Gear Recommendations 16 Phase 4: N. Honshu (map) 207 Trip Prep Day 30 - Home is Where You Lean Your Bike 208 Day 31 & 32 - Two Days Through the Alps 214 Responding to Disaster 20 Day 33 - Everything Happens for a Reason 224 Assembly Week in Review 24 Day 34 - The Key to Progress 229 Final Prep with Dylan 28 Day 35 - The Crazy Cycle 234 Day 36 - Know Your Role 241 Trip Journal Day 37 - Out of Akita 246 Trip Overview (map) 20 Day 38 - Butterflies for Japan’s Final Boss 252 Phase 1: Pre-Trip (map) 31 Phase 5: Hokkaido (map) 258 Yakushima I - To the Forested Island of Mononoke 32 Day 39 - Convenience and Comforts 259 Yakushima II - The Island of Mononoke Day 40 - Desire VS. the Police 263 Kicks My Butt 40 Day 41 - Zen Riding with Three Drifters 268 Yakushima III - Cedars and Monkeys and Day 42 - The End is Nigh 273 Deer, OH MY! 46 Day 43 - To the Finish Line and Beyond 279 Phase 2: Kyushu (map) 53 Wrap-Up Day 1 - Hard Fought Start at Cape Sata 54 Day 2 - Soggy Ride to Topher 61 Stats & Facts 291 Day 3 - Famed Japanese Hospitality 66 Insight & Advice - What Worked & What Didn’t 295 Day 4 - 100 km to Kumamoto 72 Day 5 - Gusty Hills to Nagasaki 76 Bonus Chapters Day 6 - Nagasaki: Memorials and Mikans 81 Bonus Chapters Intro 297 Day 7 - Japan by Ambulance 87 Walking North America - Profile of a Thru Hiker 299 Day 8 & 9 - More Road Rash Research 92 Traveling on Drugs - Funding My Addiction 301 Day 8 & 9 - And Then There Were Two 96 Traveling on Drugs - The Fix 302 Day 10 & 11 - Blood Infections & Gratitude 102 Procrastination and Travel - A Cautionary Tale 304 Phase 3: S. Honshu (map) 107 Alone in Hiroshima 306 Day 12 - Bring It On Honshu 108 Day 13 & 14 - The Familiar Sinking Feeling 113 Get More Japan by Bicycle! Day 15 - The Scooby-Doo Method Employed 122 Day 16 - In Spokes We Trust 126 Watch the Japan by Bicycle Movie! 308 Day 17 - Foul Laundry Mathematics 132 Further Reading 309 Day 15 - 17 Bridges and Citrus: Dylan’s Solo Shikoku Tour 136 Day 18 & 19 - Deep Night Towa Tei Show 143 Day 20 - Kansai Doldrums 151 4 Japan by Bicycle by Andrew Marston, Scott Keenan, & Dylan Gunning This book and its contents are copyright © 2013 Andrew Marston. All commercial rights reserved. Case # 1-939211431. Feel free to distribute this book for free and use its content for non-commercial purposes. Please get permission before using any of the content of this book commercial purposes. Direct inquiries to andrew (at) andrewmarston.com Book layout, design, and formatting by Andrew Marston. Cover illustration by Yannick McLeod. Cover design by Andrew 5 Marston and Casey Snyder. Dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. 6 The meat of this book is the Trip Journal Purpose of the Japan by Bicycle book section with the entries Scott, Dylan, and I took and documentary turns writing as the trip unfolded in 2011. I’ve While on the trip, publishing the journal entries included a by-line and the original publication online was great for keeping family and friends date for these chapters to help keep our voices updated in real-time, but time constraints meant distinct. Otherwise, it’s safe to assume that the we couldn’t share as much as we wanted. After supplementary chapters such as “About the Trip” the trip was over it was more than a year before I and “Our Gear” were written several years later by revisited the footage and photos. Looking back at me, Andrew Marston. the great memories, I realized Japan by Bicycle wasn’t finished. If solo Japan hiker Tyler McNiven About this book had decided not to make his documentary “Kintaro This book is the revised, expanded, extra shiny, Walks Japan” (available on YouTube here), or if collectors’ version of the Japan by Bicycle Craig Stanton hadn’t put in the effort to keep his trip journal entries published daily on the blog One Man Walking as he walked all of Japan, JapanByBicycle web site during the end-to-end I might never have been inspired to attempt this cycle tour of Japan I took in 2011 with my two trip at all. Surely, there’s someone out there primed friends Scott Keenan and Dylan Gunning. With and ready to do great things, all they need is a little added commentary, riding data, gear lists, 600+ inspiration. Hopefully this book and the Japan by never-before-published photos, and even a full- Bicycle film will do just that. If three average guys feature documentary, I’ve pulled out all the stops like Scott, Dylan, and I can bicycle all of Japan, big to give you the most complete picture possible feats are definitely within your grasp too. You just of what it was like to bicycle 3,500 km from Cape need to go for them. Soya to Cape Sata only one month after the 2011 Also, I made the Japan by Bicycle book and Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. documentary because I’m an organizational nut Watch the entire Japan by Bicycle documentary for who needs everything tied up neatly with a bow on free now at JapanByBicycle.com. top... but mostly the other stuff. - Andrew Marston 7 8 To prepare for being in Japan, I had the team practice flashing peace signs in every picture... obviously Dylan still has some work to do. Overview before the trip began, an earthquake and tsunami devastated the country. To help, we turned the trip AFTER LIVING IN JAPAN FOR OVER TWO into a fund-raiser. Our goal was to raise $10,000 of years, I decided to return to America. To end my relief aid. By the time we crossed the finish line, over time in Japan, I cycled the entire country from south $13,500 had been given. Completing this trip was to north with my friends Scott and Dylan. At night we one of my major life goals. It taught me the value of camped or stayed with hosts. Our route stretched big dreams, good friends, and perseverance. This over 3500 km and took 43 days. One month ride will always be one of my best memories. 9 Why cycle all of Japan? traveled all over the country, and learned to read and write (in Japanese). I’ve gone into much deeper The short and philosophical answer: detail about the nuts and bolts of moving to Japan Because pursuing big goals is essential to realizing in the book “How to Get Yourself to Japan” which your capabilities and pushing your boundaries you can download at JapanByBicycle.com (be further. sure to use the discount code “Ramen9000”). I The long and quasi-logical answer: realized that without consciously making it a goal, The idea of propelling myself the length of Japan I had started assuming that someday I wanted to started in college (that’s “university” for the non-US undertake a similar journey as Tyler and Craig. From crowd) when watching the documentary “Kintaro then on I put it on my list of life-goals and looked Walks Japan” (available on YouTube here) in which for an opportunity. Such a chance came up when Tyler MacNiven stepped his way from Cape Sata, my fiancée, another second year English teacher in the southernmost point of the Japan, to Cape Soya, Fukuoka, and I decided not to renew our contracts the northernmost point. At that time I was mostly for a third year teaching. Both our visas expired in focused on my goal of moving to Japan to live and August, but my contract ran out in March. Suddenly, work, but the idea of traversing the whole country all the pieces of the puzzle were falling into place. was still simmering in the back of my mind. Then in The trips Craig and Tyler took definitely impacted 2008 I found out that another hiker, Craig Stanton, my life. They seem like two fairly easy-going, had walked a similar South to North route, blogging self-motivated guys who decided they could do the whole way on his site One Man Walking. something awesome. If they could do it, why not Entranced, I read every entry on the site and even me? Setting big goals is scary stuff. “What if it contacted Craig asking for more info. He was very doesn’t happen? What if I try and fail?“ Thoughts helpful, encouraging me that I could do the same like these can play on the mind. It was important thing if I put my mind to it. to me to show myself what I was capable of Five days after graduation in 2009, I went to Tokyo accomplishing, where my limits were, and areas I with zero Japanese ability, a backpack, and a deep could improve. love of ramen noodles. In three weeks I received The decision to travel by bicycle was because four job offers, moved to Fukuoka Prefecture and I’m too impatient to walk, and backpacks are “made it” in Japan. For two years I taught English, uncomfortable. ^_^ 10
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