JP cc-touring, Tokyo to Tokyo loop 🚴🏻‍♂️

I have safely arrived in Tokyo last Monday 🏁

After i departed Nomi/Kanazawa, the typhoon 7 n 8 coming from southeast. While i did not get directly impacted, it still caused strong headwinds on the coastal towards Niigata. I had an extra overnight in Kashiwazaki,niigata as the rain came.

Then on my ride inland via Ounuma (there are few path to cut inland thru the alps to go Tokyo, i picked via ounuma as its the least overlapping my prev route, least busy traffic, n least tunnels), as i reached Yuzawa it started raining.

The next day i got into Mikuni touge rt17 thru Naeba. the extra overnight in Kashiwazaki ended as a blessing as i went thru this pass on a Sunday, no big lorries n not many cars. However the original plan to reach Maebashi got cut short to only Numata as it rained again at noon.

On monday i full sent Numata→Tokyo 100miles.

what an adventure. a lil shy of 3400km, n i survived with 1x 40T 11-36. this is my 2nd bikepacking trip ever (my 1st was 2D1N Bintan indonesia 350km) 🥹

/my utmb kagaSpa 100K in Kanazawa didnt end as i wanted (dnf) but it was not due to too much cycling. the weather was just horrible, rain causes congestions n muddy af

*im not sure why my attached pic is shown out of my selection sequence