Pt. 3 Biking from Kanazawa (金沢) to Matsumoto (松本) 🚲 Japan Cycling, Touring Ishikawa & Nagano By Bike

This is the final part on our 夏休み (summer break) cycling trip from Kanazawa (金沢) in Ishikawa Prefecture to Matsumoto (松本) in Nagano Prefecture and back again. It was 430 miles (692km) and 33,192 ft (10,117m) total over one week.

This part is about our rest day in Matsumoto, and the final two days of riding - including our longest day to get to Shirakawa-go, over 10,000 feet of climbing in 93 miles! We also get to see Matsumoto Castle (松本城), one of only 12 remaining original castles in Japan.

2:42 - skip to here if you want to get straight to the biking content :)
8:16 - start of the final day

Zeb wrote a full blog post with detailed descriptions of where we stayed, mileage and elevation of each day, etc.: https://www.ramblingramsbothams.com/b...

Day 6: Matsumoto (松本) to Shirakawa-go (白川郷)
93 miles (150km) + 10,000’ elevation 
Ride and Route info:   / strava  

Day 7: Shirakawa-go (白川郷) to Kanazawa (金沢)
54 miles (87km) + 5,000’ elevation 
  / strava  

🎙️ Want to keep up with the rest of our adventures? We have a podcast! : https://www.ramblingramsbothams.com

More info about Matsumoto: https://visitmatsumoto.com/en/
Matsumoto Castle: https://www.matsumoto-castle.jp/eng
More info about Shirakawa-go: https://www.vill.shirakawa.lg.jp/en/
More info about Gokayama: https://gokayama-info.jp/en/sightseei...

More videos about Japan Cycling here:
Riding from Kanazawa to Shirakawa-go:    • We Cycled to Shirakawago from Kanazawa (On...  
Kanazawa cherry blossom tour on a mamachari bike:    • Sakura Cherry Blossom Bike Tour! 🌸📚 Spring...  
Biking the Highlands of Japan in Nagano:    • Cycling the Highlands of Japan (美ヶ原) Venus...  
Noto Peninsula Cycling Tour:    • Noto Peninsula Cycling Adventure in Japan:...  

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