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I walked across KYUSHU! Here's what happened (Kyushu Challenge Wrap Up) | Japan Station 184

NOV 20, 202555 MIN
Japan Station: A Podcast About Japanese Culture & the Japanese Language

I walked across KYUSHU! Here's what happened (Kyushu Challenge Wrap Up) | Japan Station 184

NOV 20, 202555 MIN

Description

On this episode of Japan Station, I talk about the Kyushu Challenge, my recent 558 km walk from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi to Sakurajima, Kagoshima.

👉Topics Discussed

  • About the Kyushu Challenge
  • The route I took to walk from Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture to Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture
  • About how a restaurant owner gave me money
  • How I appeared on TV in Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • About kawara soba
  • About okonomiyaki
  • About the scariest tunnel I ever had to walk through
  • About walking through rural southern Kumamoto and Kagoshima
  • About the Hisatsu Orange Railway
  • The benefit of regional JR rail passes
  • About Sakurajima
  • My plans for 2026 (Tohoku tandem bicycle ride)
  • And much more!
👉Subscribe to the Podcast!

👉Support on Patreon & Ko-fi 👉Affiliate Links

Use my Mobal affiliate link to get a 10% discount on their voice & data plan. Their voice & data plan is perfect for those who want a Japanese phone number while in Japan. Using this link gets you a discount and it provides me with a small commission which I use to fund JapanKyo.

👉Links, Videos, Etc.

This is the news report in which I appeared. It was broadcast on Yamaguchi Broadcasting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzU5c2loNck

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