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Japan Bicycle Trips

• Rick K. & Lynne Tolman http://www.ltolman.org/japan2000/contents.htm
  
  Goes to Kyushuu in 2000 and 2001.
• Mark van Meijel http://home.hetnet.nl/~mjjvmeijel/index.html
  
  Rides 5000 km from Tokyo to Hanoi, Aug-Dec 2000.
• Jan Ducnuigeen http://pws.prserv.net/TheBentWheel/home.html
  
  Amongst other places, visits Japan in 1999. His ideas of packing is entertaining.
• Wim en Alies van der Linden http://lightning.prohosting.com/~wvdl/japan/indexjap.html
  
  Rides Shikoku and the Ki penninsula, Apr-May 1999.
• H.C. Andersen http://www.bikingviking.dk/japweb/japindex.htm
  
  Travels through much of Japan for a month, 1998.
• Bill Macher http://www.t3.rim.or.jp/~sayori/reader/bill/who/WHOAMI-C.HTM
  
  Japan tips and stories, late '90s.
• Grace Newhaven http://users.chariot.net.au/~gloria/kyushu_japan.html
  
  Travels in Kyushu and Shikoku, 1991.
• Paul van Roekel and Anja de Graaf http://www.xs4all.nl/~pvroekel/japan/ie_japan.htm
  
  Ride from the southern tip of Kyushu to Tokyo, Aug-Sep 1985. (and tour the world)

Japan Bicycling Info

• Japan Cycling Navigator http://www.t3.rim.or.jp/~sayori
  
  Some Japan cycling information, which includes a (possibly outdated) Japan cycling hospitality list: Japanese cyclists willing to provide information, and possibly showers or a place for the night.
• Outdoor Japan http://www.outdoorjapan.com/activities-cycling-introduction.html
  
  Cycling information in Japan.
• Japan Bicycle Promotion Institute http://www.jbpi.or.jp/english/index.html
  
  Has interesting statistical information on cycling and other stuffs.
• Bicycle Culture Center http://www.cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp/english/index.html
  
  Jitensha Kaikan, aka Bicycle Museum, which is located in Akasaka, Tokyo. (I have not yet gone, as of this writing)
• Keirin website http://www.keirin.go.jp
• Keirin's Data Plaza site, http://www.dataplaza.keirininfo.or.jp
  
  Keirin (Japan velodrome cycling) information. These websites are in Japanese only. The dataplaza site includes a music downloads area, which has the fanfare from the races (second from the bottom).

Japanese

• Kids Web Japan's http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/language.html
  
  Teaches basic phrases, and has audio files so you can hear how they are pronounced.
• Netropic's Japanese Phrases http://www.muppetlabs.com/~netropic/japanese.html
  
  Japanese phrases that will be sure to entertain your new friends/enemies.

General Bicycle Touring Info and Stories

• Google cycling travelogues http://directory.google.com/Top/Sports/Cycling/Travel/Travelogues/
  
  The travelogues of popular search engines directories are good places to read about others' journeys.
• Ken Kifer's Bike PageS: Bicycle Camping and Touring http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/touring/
  
  Ken Kifer writes about cycling, and includes many good articles and links about cycle camping and touring.
• Crazy Guy on a Bike http://www.crazyguyonabike.com
  
  Allows you to read others' stories, as well as create your own bicycle-touring website, for free.
• Alastair Humphreys http://www.spiderstudios.co.uk/roundtheworldbybike/default.asp
  
  Rides 70,000 miles around the world.

A quick thanks to some peoples:

Jen for being patient with me, and for sharing a beautiful trip (amongst many other things). Kyoko, Miyuki, Teresa, Rob and all my friends in Japan who let me stay at their place. Yuko in Miyazaki for showing me how scary driving in Japan can be. Masa for the $50 APS camera that took the photos on this trip.