Kyushu Cycling Routes, Onsen Town, and Scenic Trains 🇯🇵🚲 Japan Road Trip Part 5!

Kyushu Cycling Routes, Onsen Town, and Scenic Trains 🇯🇵🚲 Japan Road Trip Part 5!

This is the next stop on our 3 week road trip & cycling tour around Japan!

We took a ferry from Shikoku to Kyushu to soak in the hot springs, go camping, ride bikes in Takachiho Gorge (高千穂峡), and take a couple of sightseeing trains!

We started in Beppu (別府市), an onsen resort town in Kyushu’s Oita Prefecture, home to the “7 hells” (別府の地獄). We then drove to Takachiho Gorge in Miyazaki Prefecture to go camping, experience the kagura dance performance, and ride bikes. Later we stayed in Fukuoka Prefecture and made a couple day trips to see the 36+3 sightseeing train and the “kujukushima” 99 island view (九十九島) in Nagasaki.

🚲 Ride and Route Data:
Our Takachiho Gorge Bike Ride:
https://www.strava.com/activities/12132210568
Munakata Bike Ride:
https://www.strava.com/activities/12133194481

Jump To:
0:23 – Ferry from Shikoku to Kyushu
1:59 – Beppu’s “7 Hells” Onsen
2:58 – driving to Miyazaki Prefecture
3:42 – castle ruins campground
3:55 – kagura dance at the shrine
5:11 – bike ride in Takachiho Gorge
7:47 – Amaterasu railway
9:40 – Fukuoka bike ride
10:22 – 36+3 sightseeing train
19:34 – Imari coffee shop
20:21 – Sasebo’s “99 Island” view

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More about:
Uwajima-Unyu ferries: https://www.uwajimaunyu.co.jp/
Kyushu Tourism: https://www.visit-kyushu.com/en/
Beppu Hot Springs: https://beppu-tourism.com/en/
Nakayamajo Campsite (in Takachiho)
https://takachiho-kanko.info/stay/33/
Kagura Dance history: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-myths-legends-and-rituals-of-the-takachiho-night-kagura-ministry-of-agriculture-forestry-and-fisheries/SwWhODoKDeKBKw?hl=en
Amaterasu Railway: https://amaterasu-railway.jp/
Fukuoka Bike Paths: https://www.crossroadfukuoka.jp/en/experience/11699
36+3 Train Tickets with Klook (affiliate link): https://shorturl.at/KTvO4
Lib Coffee in Imari: https://www.instagram.com/lib_coffee/?hl=en
99 islands (Kujukushima) of Sasebo: https://www.pearlsea.jp/en/99islands/introduction/

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🇯🇵 More videos about Japan Cycling here:
Shikoku Cycling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq61t5WYcoU&t=66s
Bikepacking Japan’s Amaharashi Coast: https://youtu.be/VIFvovFUGB8 Cherry Blossom Bike Route: https://youtu.be/YqQJQW4w-64
Week-long Bike Tour Kanazawa to Matsumoto: https://youtu.be/OOgtL6N20mY

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