Japan Diary 14: The Road Keeps Telling Stories
Deutsch | English A film from the road · 1 minute 46 seconds The diary often focuses on the places where we stop. This film belongs to the stretches in
Encounters, detours and new beginnings. From my life and from people finding their own way. There is still much to discover in the second half of life.
Deutsch | English A film from the road · 1 minute 46 seconds The diary often focuses on the places where we stop. This film belongs to the stretches in

Early starts, a flat tyre and a roadside pause: our motorcycle tour demands attention. And sometimes there is time for a sword photograph.
Deutsch | English Miyama On our Japan journey, we discover a beautiful little place: Miyama, more precisely Kayabuki no Sato. Dark timber walls, flowers and enormous thatched roofs beneath wooded
Deutsch | English Looking back at our riding stages Looking through our photographs, another Japan makes itself heard: sea, sand and the small things beside the road. After the volcanic
Deutsch | English A Japanese dinner together At our Japanese dinner, a long, beautifully laid table awaits us. Bowls, vegetables, finely marbled Wagyu beef and an individual cooking pot at

Deutsch | English Our Japan journey has collected several ways of getting around: a plane, a motorcycle, our feet — and now a boat. In a small coastal town, we
Deutsch | English 8 October 2026 · A small observation at the hotel Accompanying photo from our motorcycle tour: Anneliese at breakfast on 13 October 2026. Today is another beautiful
Deutsch | English Kyushu · Beppu, Chojabaru and the Aso region · Itinerary: 1–2 October If I initially associated Japan mainly with cities, temples and an extraordinary ability to live
Deutsch | English The Hiroshima stage · Miyajima · Scheduled in the guidebook for 29 September On Miyajima, we take a photograph together in front of the red torii. Anneliese
Deutsch | English The first riding stages · Kyoto – Kobe – Kurashiki – towards Hiroshima After our days on foot in Osaka, my feet have competition. The BMW takes
Deutsch | English On the road in Japan · Our travelling companions Japan offers volcanoes, geysers and roads that make a rider so happy he almost forgets to get off.
Deutsch | English Tour begins 26 September 2026 · Kyoto After Osaka, the next part of our Japan journey begins: the motorcycle tour. At the handover, I receive a BMW
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