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My Parents
Our trip to Japan has been bookended by the loss of both my parents. My mother died on December 5th, just a day after we arrived in Naha on Okinawa. She chose MAID after a tough year of pneumonia and a recent lung cancer diagnosis. She was 88 years old. Our...
Favorite Island
January 13, 2026 - Hoshizuna Beach - 33 km day ride - Terrace Iriomotejima January 14, 2026 - Hoshizuna Beach, Iriomote to Ishigaki, Ishigaki - 43 kms - Hotel Patina January 15, 2026 - Ishigaki - no cycling - Hotel Patina - island count: 16, with the addition of...
Iriomote
Gordon: Our guidebook says "If you visit only one of the Yaeyama islands (the islands of the Ishigaki group) make it Iriomote. This is where the wild things roam". An invitation like that cannot be ignored, so we are spending most of a week on this...
Goat sashimi and wagyu beef
Gord tried the goat sashimi but I stuck with the beef. The beautiful North peninsula! January 5, 2026 - near Hirara, Miyakojima to Shiraho Beach, Ishigaki - 25 kms - Plus Life Shiraho January 6, 2026 - Shiraho Beach - 51 km day ride - Plus Life Shiraho...
National Geographic?
January 2, 2026 - Bora, Miyakojima - 59 km day ride - Minnkayado Intoparitosura January 3, 2026 - Bora to near Hirara, Miyakojima - 28 kms - Hotel Pink Hibiscus January 4, 2026 - near Hirara, Miyakojima - 40 km day ride - island count: 13, with the addition of...
The Tastes of the New Year
Our host with the Kagami Mochi. December 30, 2025 - NW Miyakojima to Bora, Miyakojima - 30 kms - Minnkayado Intoparitosura December 31, 2025 - Bora, Miyakojima - 37 km day ride - Minnkayado Intoparitosura January 1, 2026 - Bora, Miyakojima - rain and wind day,...