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01/11/2026

Ride Report: Read about our latest Japan 🇯🇵 tour to Kyushu - revisiting favourite places and new discoveries! https://www.wideopenroad.net.au/news/cycling-kyushu-2026-cycle-tour-japan

Read about our 2026 Kyushu cycling tour in Japan. We discover volcanic mountain roads, the Yamanami Highway, Beppu’s onsen, traditional ryokan, rural villages and unforgettable regional food.

31/10/2026

🇯🇵 Cycle Japan - April 2027 : Shikoku and the Shimanami Kaido.
🚴‍♀️Only 3 Places Left
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Join us on a cultural cycling tour of Japan’s Shikoku Island, exploring its rugged interior, spectacular coastlines, traditional villages and ancient temples. The journey culminates on the iconic Shimanami Kaido, cycling across a chain of islands and bridges over the Seto Inland Sea.

26/10/2026

🚴 WOR NEWS – JAPAN 2027 & MORE!

Fresh back from another fantastic Kyushu cycling adventure! 🇯🇵

Our latest newsletter is out, featuring:

🇯🇵 Shikoku & Shimanami Kaido 2027 – just 4 places left!

🇯🇵 Kyushu 2026 – tour wrap & photos.

⛰️ Vic Alps 2027 – we're thinking of bringing back our long weekend tour. Who's keen?

Plus Europe tour news and more from the WOR crew!

Catch up on all the latest WOR news!

https://mailchi.mp/b9670d52a7e3/wor-newsletter-5854047

19/10/2026

Melbourne at it’s absolute sunny sparkling best today as we showed off some of our favourite cycling roads and bike paths for our friends from Brisbane and Yokohama 🇯🇵 ! We also learnt more about the globalride project to experience fun organised day rides in different destinations around the globe 🌍! Thanks for joining us ✌️🚴‍♀️ ☀️

09/10/2026

Volcanoes, big skies and roads that go on forever. 🌋🚴‍♀️

From Taketa to Daikanbo Lookout, then sweeping along the legendary Aso Milk Road, riding the rim of one of the world’s great volcanic calderas.

Wild landscapes, endless horizons and climbs that make every view worth it. This is Japan by bike. And it’s unforgettable. 🇯🇵

08/10/2026

A wonderful 2 nights in Taketa, Oita, Kyushu - a Samurai Castle town nestled in the mountains of rural, traditional Japan.

We enjoyed a short loop ride to visit Harajimi Falls and the afternoon was full of optional activities and learning - how to properly brew Sencha (green tea), kimono dressing and walking around the Edo period historic district and learning how Shochu is distilled with a tasting session!

We are all well rested ready to ride towards the Aso volcanic caldera now!

07/10/2026

Day 7 Kyushu - a perfect day riding through the Kuju highlands, visiting a flower park with waves of colours set against a mountain backdrop, a 1000 year old tree nestled in the forest, bubbly soda spring onsen water, a 11m high Buddha carved in to the rocks deep in the forest and incredible descents on tiny winding mountain roads through rice paddies, forest, grassland and small vege plots and rivers.

We finished in Taketa city, a real town with a Samurai history and a traditional ryokan - the family warmly welcoming us back with beers on the terrace followed by a free evening for the group to explore the local izakaya!

This is real rural, traditional Japan at its best - away from the crowds of the big cities and just a beautiful and natural environment for cycling dotted with history, culture, religion.

🇯🇵♨️🚴‍♀️✌️

05/10/2026

Kannawa, Oita is another world - steam rising from the streets, jigoku mushi hell steamed cuisine, onsens on every corner, an eerie atmosphere and incredible place we spent rest day.

05/10/2026

We are loving being back in Japan and hope you are enjoying following along with our photos, stories and posts! We have 4 places left for our April 2027 Shikoku and the Shimanami Kaido tour! Come and experience rural, traditional Japan with us and ride one of the most famous and beautiful cycle roads in the world!

Cycle Japan's stunning island of Shikoku and ride the incredible Shimanami Kaido cycle route across the Seto Inland Sea.

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