A cycling trip I took with mates over the golden-week holidays of 2023. We started from Nara station, and cycled down and around Ise-Shima National Park. The journey ends with a quick cycle to Nagoya after visiting the Ise Grand Shrine. Total distance was 350km, with elevation around 2500m in total.
I recommend this trip a lot. There isn’t much elevation and Mie prefecture is much warmer than cycling around Kanto or Kansai. There’s also not a lot of cars coming through the mountains of Nara and Mie, so it’s a nice smooth ride with an abundance of nature. There’s no shortage of campsites to stay at, and the southern coastal bays and islands of Ise have some of the nicest beaches to go for a swim.
The route was Nara Station → Uda Animal Park (Nara Prefecture) → Kushida River (Mie) → Nanbari Beach (Mie) → Ugata (Mie) → Goza Shirahama Beach (Mie) → Motoyawan Bridge (Mie) → Toba (Mie) → Ise Jingu (Mie) → Matsusaka (Mie) → Nagoya (Aichi).
Everything was shot on my Iphone 14, apologies for the shaky footage and wind noise.
ゴールデンウィーク中にチャリの旅でとった動画です。奈良から三重県の山などを渡り、南伊勢、伊勢志摩市などの海岸添えをまわりました。最後には伊勢神宮から名古屋まで漕いで、合計350kmの自転車ツーリングの旅となりました。夜はキャンピングして、川や海などで泊まり、普段あまり味わえない日本の大自然と三重県の美しさを体験できました。
Video: Iphone 14
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Song 1: Up and Over We Go – Jeff Mangum
(Jeff Mangum has been my crush since highschool)
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Song 2: あいどる – betcover!!
(They’re the sickest Japanese band, they’re all I listen to lately)
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Song 3: The Way We Move- Langhorne Slim & The Law
(Shout out to Leo Romero for dropping the best video park of 2023, also the song slaps)
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