Japan

I cycled the shimanami kaido in an epic none stop journey from Hiroshima to Matsuyama - fixed. It killed me. But was bloody beautiful! Totally recommended. Just take the night bus down to Onomichi if you dont want to do the extra bit from Hiroshima. And then get the ferry from Matsuyama back to Osaka/Kobe. Sorted!

we rode the first 20k or so from imabari and then turned back because we were going along the north coast of shikoku, but it was amazing. part of a three week 1500k amble from kyushu to tokyo. photies here and here if anyone's interested