Day 7 Japan samurai skate Miyazaki to Aoidake

Day 7 Japan samurai skate
Miyazaki to Aoidake
Distance :. 25 km
Time on board : 2 hours 4 mins

Started out in miyazaki at 8.25 am. We followed the route 269. We faced double combo of headwind and uphills. The plan is to ride as far as we can to kagoshima and take train by 5pm. However, we are hampered by headwind and elevation, our average speed is only 13km/h. Kagoshima is 105km away, we can't make it with this speed.

As we ride up the mountains, 15 km of long uphills. Finally reached the peak and going downhill to Aoidake. There is a hot spring at Aoidake, so just nice for a pit stop. I waited for my friend Joni as I climbed faster than her on hills. However, she crashed and injured her wrist. Thank god there is no cars around when she fell. We stop at Aoidake hot spring. I was refused into hot spring cos of my tattoos. Yesterday I was also kicked out from miyazaki onsen cos of my tattoos. This is a common Japanese bathhouse rules due to yakuza's association with tattoos.

Waited for her to finish her hot treatment, as she is unable to continue riding cos of her wrist. We took a bus to nearby miyakono hospital and seek treatment. Luckily there is no fracture, but she needs to rest for a few days. So no ride tomorrow again. We take a train to kagoshima, a city where we can find a hostel.