#Bikepacking trips, if you ask us, persuade you to start looking at the world as a piece of art. Submit your art for the chance to win from us, 7mesh Industries Inc and RITCHEY - Official for the chance ride in this years The Japanese Odyssey. #Apidura detour-odyssey.com

The Japanese bikepacking scene is booming! Our friend Ryoji Matudo Nemoto has set up a sweet event - "All Terrain Times" at the end of the month, just before the Japanese Odyssey. Be sure to check it out at att-bikepacking.com att-bikepacking.com

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The Japanese Odyssey is best put into words by those who rode it. facebook.com/japaneseodysse…

Get inspired. Be prepared. Put yourself to the test. Words by Kirk Patrick Ang "Cycling through an unfamiliar and foreign land enabled me to transcend distance and culture more than I could have ever imagined.... facebook.com/japaneseodysse…

It is now just over a month since TJO#4 is over and the entrants went back home. I guess I am not the only one who miss Japan. The country, its quiet, the people. And of course its abandoned roads. movie by: Eigo Shimojo #japaneseodyssey18... facebook.com/japaneseodysse…

PRE EVENT BRIEFING JAPANESE ODYSSEY 2018 Everything started in a wooden house (Hanare) in the old district of Yanaka. There were these 2 little girls from Japan and France welcoming the entrants. Faces were radiant and impatient. #japaneseodyssey #japaneseodyssey18

Read Emmanuel and Guillaume's story of using Karoo on the 2018 The Japanese Odyssey, an unsupported epic that takes in 2,600km over ten days. Have you used Karoo on a special ride? We'd love to hear from you and share your story! blog.hammerhead.io/riding-the-rin…

The The Japanese Odyssey 2018 Recap in German. Day 2 / 262.31 km / 3,606 m / 11h 17m 28s cycling.forkel.me/the-japanese-o… #japaneseodyssey18 #japan #ultracycling #ultradistance #ultraendurance #cyclingadventure #cycling #cyclinglife #bicyclelife #stravacycling #outdoors #getout #nature

Be prepared to get in the deeps of central Kyushu. For this fifth edition, we selected 7 checkpoints and crafted 7 segments - discover them now on the website. 📷… instagram.com/japanese_odyss…

For the edition 2018 of The Japanese Odyssey, APIDURA 7mesh and RitcheyLogic created DETOUR, a project that would send one... apidura.com/journal/detour…

Delving into the unknown. We take a look back at this years The Japanese Odyssey. #Apidura [Photo by Eigo Shimojo] apidura.com/adventures/wil…

The search for wilderness, or what was the reasoning behind third Japanese Odyssey. fb.me/6EiFhH7jV

"Sometimes the journey is the destination. Sometimes the destination is pretty great, too." Our friends from... fb.me/9lEhun30d

The 2018 Manual. japanese-odyssey.com/files/manual/T…

Registration for the The Japanese Odyssey 2018 is now open! Lookout for more from us about the event and get your entries in now. #Apidura [Photos by Eigo Shimojo] japanese-odyssey.com/register/

We had a mismatch on MyMaps between the gps coordinates of the CP and their plotted positions on the map. Problem solved. Here is the link to the 2018 event's map: goo.gl/2gtM9q #japaneseodyssey #lostinorientation #hiddenrindo goo.gl/2gtM9q

The Island of Shikoku has a special "flavor". Pascal Viout who completed TJO#2 and will be embarking with us next October for a new adventure gives you a foretaste of the Island. Be Prepared, pen-online.com/film/pascal-vi…

'It is not a race. It’s about discovery, about exploration, about challenging yourself.' Registration for the fourth The Japanese Odyssey is now open! Find out what's new for 2018. #Apidura apidura.com/adventures/the…

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