Shimanami Kaido (1st day)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 35.24 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,775 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,775 ft
- Max elevation
- 226 ft
- TrailRank
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84
5
- Min elevation
- 226 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 4 hours 46 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 36 minutes
- Coordinates
- 7778
- Uploaded
- May 6, 2023
- Recorded
- May 2023
near Tsuchido, Hiroshima (Japan)
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Itinerary description
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First day of riding this famous cycling journey through the islands found in the Seto Inland Sea, linking Japan's main island, Honshu, with the 4th largest island, Shikoku.
The route is easy to do because it is very worked for tourism. You usually start from Onomichi, which is easy to get to by train, and they have a great public bike rental service of all sizes and models, including e-biles. In Onomichi there are other private bike rental shops, probably with newer models, but the advantage of using the public service is that you can return the bike in Imabari, at the end of the route. It cost me 2,000 yen per day, plus 1,100 yen for a deposit that you will NOT get back if you deliver the bike to another station.
In Onomichi, the first thing you do is take a ferry to go to the first island (110 yen): Mukaishima, and from there you just have to follow the blue line that marks the entire route, and deviate whenever you want to explore the islands.
On this route only the 1st day is recorded. For the 2nd day of the route, you must visualize Shimanami Kaido (2nd day).
The route is easy to do because it is very worked for tourism. You usually start from Onomichi, which is easy to get to by train, and they have a great public bike rental service of all sizes and models, including e-biles. In Onomichi there are other private bike rental shops, probably with newer models, but the advantage of using the public service is that you can return the bike in Imabari, at the end of the route. It cost me 2,000 yen per day, plus 1,100 yen for a deposit that you will NOT get back if you deliver the bike to another station.
In Onomichi, the first thing you do is take a ferry to go to the first island (110 yen): Mukaishima, and from there you just have to follow the blue line that marks the entire route, and deviate whenever you want to explore the islands.
On this route only the 1st day is recorded. For the 2nd day of the route, you must visualize Shimanami Kaido (2nd day).
Waypoints
Door
Ferry
Religious site
67 ft
Iwashijima Shrine
Shrine located on Iwashi Island, a tiny island accessed from Mukaishima, but off the main Shimanami Kaido route.
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Bridge
110 ft
Innoshima Bridge
1st bridge linking Mukaishima to Innoshima. Suspended bridge, 1,270m long.
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Bridge
99 ft
Ikuchi Bridge
Second bridge linking Innoshima to Ikuchishima. Cable-stayed, 790m long.
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Bridge
126 ft
Tatara Bridge
Third bridge linking Ikuchishima to Ōmishima. Cable-stayed, 1,480m long.
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56 km en bici Valdu? No está mal!!!!
Muy buena ruta. Planeo hacer Shimanami kaido en otoño pero también me gusta explorar fuera de los caminos principales, por lo que agradezco el aporte del santuario de Iwashijima. Un saludo!