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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