Our longest riding day! We had to cover over 190 miles plus a one-hour ferry ride. After a last glance at Mt. Fuji (who covered his head today) we turned west and dove into the busy traffic of Honshu's south coast. The express way helped a lot to cover the distance, but the [...]

All night long the rain storm kept going - at 7 am we looked out of our hotel room windows AND THERE HE WAS! With 12,388 ft Japan's highest mountain, the perfect example of a strato volcano, snow-capped and most impressive: Fuji-san, the country's most famous mountain! Of course we had to go [...]

We took off at 8:30 am and headed for Matsumoto. Leaving Takayama, we could see lots of private homes with beautifully arranged gardens - certainly one of the most characteristic sights in Japan! To reach Matsumoto, we had to cross the Japanese Alps with the help of lots of tunnels. Most passroads were [...]