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Road Trips

GPS logs from road trips.

Totals — 11 trips

Total distance 6947.7 km
Total days on the road 33 days
Prefectures 24 / 47

Prefectures

Goal: drive through all of Japan's 47 prefectures.

Prefectures driven through

Trips

Start Date Name Days Distance Summary
2024-11-02 Tohoku 2024 3 834.74 km Three-day loop through Akita, Aomori, and Iwate — mountains, coast, and quiet autumn roads.
2025-01-12 Okinawa 2025 3 477.49 km Three-day island circuit of Okinawa's main island, from Naha up the west coast, around Cape Hedo, and back via the east coast.
2025-05-03 Chugoku 2025 4 976.07 km Four-day Golden Week loop from Hiroshima, crossing to Shikoku via the Setouchi coast, returning north through Okayama and along the San'in coast.
2025-07-19 Niigata 2025 3 787.03 km Three-day loop crossing between the Sea of Japan and Pacific sides of northern Honshu via Niigata, Yamagata, and Fukushima.
2025-08-09 Hokuriku 2025 3 789.83 km Three-day circuit of the Hokuriku coast and Japanese Alps, from Lake Biwa through Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama, then over the Alps to Nagano and back via Gifu.
2025-10-12 Shizuoka 2025 2 594.62 km Two-day loop through Shizuoka and Yamanashi, climbing north through the mountains to Kōfu and returning via the Fuji foothills and Suruga Bay coast.
2025-11-02 Nagano 2025 2 398.34 km Two-day autumn weekend loop through the Joshin-etsu highlands, from Gunma up into southern Niigata and back via the Nagano valley.
2026-03-20 Okayama 3 452.72 km Three-day spring trip through the Okayama countryside and up into the Tottori highlands.
2026-03-27 Aichi 3 384.94 km Three-day loop from Tokoname through Nagoya to Nagahama on Lake Biwa, returning via the Mikawa coast.
2026-04-05 Chiba 2 319.2 km Two-day loop around the Boso Peninsula from Narita south along the Pacific coast to Kamogawa, returning via Tateyama and Tokyo Bay to Tokyo.
2026-05-02 Aomori 5 932.74 km Five-day loop through Aomori and Akita, from Hirosaki and the Tsugaru plain east to the Oirase Gorge and Lake Towada, south into Akita, then northeast to Hachinohe before heading north to the Shimokita Peninsula and returning via Hotoke-ga-ura.

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