Cycling Kyushu, Japan | from North to South
Join us as we spend one week cycling the entire island of Kyushu, Japan—from the northern city of Fukuoka all the way to Kagoshima in the south.
Along the way we rode through volcanic landscapes, dramatic gorges, coastal roads, deep forests, and quiet mountain towns.
📍 Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
02:35 – Day 1: Fukuoka → Aso
12:18 – Day 2: Takachiho Gorge → Nobeoka
22:05 – Day 3: Nobeoka → Aya
29:11 – Day 4: Aya → Nichinan
35:13 – Day 5: Nichinan → Kanoya
39:47 – Day 6: Osumi Peninsula
45:52 – Day 7: Sakurajima → Kagoshima
About the trip:
We started in Fukuoka and headed straight into the mountains, climbing toward the massive Aso volcano. From there, we rode the stunning Takachiho Gorge and followed the Gokase River to the coast.
We continued down Kyushu’s east coast to the mountain town of Aya, then pushed further south through Nichinan and across the Osumi Peninsula.
Our journey ended with a ride around Sakurajima volcano and a ferry into Kagoshima to catch our train home.
7 Comments
Your video is great….Please work on your title and thumbnail….love from Pakistan ❤
where did you get the bikes from? bought or hired?
Great video! Thanks for sharing. can’t wait to get back to Japan for another bike ride.
素晴らしい動画、編集がいいと思います。これからも、日本の田舎を楽しんで下さい。🚴♀🚵
日本へようこそ🤗Welcome to Japan
thanks for taking me along on your great trip
Hi Tim and Rachel, thanks for the great videos and reports on Fukuoka now. We are a couple from France and England and are cycling around the world for a year. We are just planning the last part from Aso to Fukuoka. Your route in this video looks nice but in your article on Fukuoka Now you also mention there are slightly longer, more scenic alternatives. Could you suggest anything in particular please that you have tried, or if you have heard the roads are nice and quiet? Put it this way, if you have one ride from Aso to Fukuoka, which route would you take! Thanks a lot! Cheers, Alex