Japan 2026 - Adventure Travel Blog

Cycle touring in Japan with epic Singaporean adventurer Suchern. After a stop-over in Shanghai, I'll meet Suchern in Naha, Okinawa and we'll start making our way towards Hokkaido! - Pebbls Adventure Tracking App

Transport Types Used

Legs of this Journey:

Bristol To Shanghai

Suchern flew to Okinawa ahead of me, then on to the small island of Ishigaki, where she spent a few days under leaden skies and in stiff sea breezes; it should have been tropical, but felt cold. To top it off, she'd accidentally left her phone at Naha airport, so it was a few days before I found out she had made it okay 😯 I set off with more luggage than is sensible, and a bike bag that is so big the airline may refuse to take it, on Tuesday 10th March 2026, fortunate that I booked with China Eastern in that Donald Trump's war with Iran wouldn't affect my flight to Shanghai over Russia...

Shanghai

An afternoon and a night in Shanghai

Arriving In Naha, Okinawa, Japan!

Arriving in Naha, the largest city of Okinawa, meeting Suchern and settling in to a hostel for a couple of nights to recover, buy some provisions and see any sights in the city.

Naha Sightseeing

Cycling Day 1: To Shikya Beach

Oops! A very late start as I overslept until Suchern woke me at almost 10am, which was also the time we had to be out of our room by! We still had a reasonably leisurely breakfast after I'd packed up as quickly as I could and brought my stuff down from the room 🙂 The plan was just to do 40-45km today around to a campsite on the south of the island...