I walked across KYUSHU! Here's what happened (Kyushu Challenge Wrap Up) | Japan Station 184
Update: 2025-11-20
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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!
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This is the news report in which I appeared. It was broadcast on Yamaguchi Broadcasting.
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