Kanichi Fujiwara is a Japanese long-distance motorcycle rider and writer.

Journeys

Between May 1987 and August 1999 he journeyed several continents with a number of small motorcycles including a Honda Super Cub, 50 cc Honda Motra and Honda Gorilla utility minibikes, and a Honda Dio scooter. ^[2] His 1995 trip around Japan was documented in his 1997 book The Original Bike Bastard Starving Around Japan.

Between March 2004 and May 2008 he made a 50,552-kilometre (31,412 mi) journey circumnavigating the world on a Yamaha Passol electric scooter, ^{[3] [4]} on a route including Australia from Sydney to Perth, Thailand, India to Lisbon, South Africa to Kenya, and America from New York to San Francisco (44 countries). ^{[3] [5]} It may have been the first global circumnavigation by electric two-wheeler. ^{[6] [7]} Fujiwara visited and documented the sites of sacred trees in various countries to spread awareness of green transportation. ^{[8] [9]}

The scooter he used in the 2004–2008 circumnavigation, sponsored by Yamaha, ^[10] weighed 45 kilograms (99 lb), had a 30 km/h top speed, and an endurance of 20 km on a battery charge. ^[4] Even with six batteries giving a 100 km range, ^[4] his partner had to shuttle charged batteries to him in order to cross Australia's Nullarbor Plain. ^[6]

Between April 2009 and November 2013, he rode 100,000 kilometers across Japan's major highways on a 50 cc Honda Cub, sponsored by motorcycle apparel supplier Rough & Road, and supported by serializing his journeys in the Japanese magazine Tandem Style and on his own blog. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Online journalism

In addition to various blogs covering his motorcycle travels, Fujiwara is also a food critic. His "Tabigohan" column covers road food at roadside stations and other Japanese venues for BBB-Bike, ^[14] an online publication of large Japanese auction house BDS. ^{[15] [16]}

Bibliography

• Fujiwara, Kanichi (1997), 原チャリ野郎のハラペコ日本一周―74日間1万3390km8万5909円の旅 [The original bike bastard starving around Japan: 74 day, 13,390 km journey on 85,909 Yen], Japan Travel Bureau Publishing, ISBN  978-4533028144

Notes and references

Notes

References

• Fujiwara, Kanichi (2003), Route map and mileage, retrieved 2013-11-14
• Japanese Man to Travel 'Around-the-Globe' on Electric Scooter, Agence France-Presse, March 9, 2004, retrieved 2014-11-14
• Fujiwara, Kanichi (2004), Big trees (published 2004–2008), retrieved 2013-11-30
• "World trip on no-emission electric scooter", Channel News Asia, March 2, 2004, retrieved 2013-11-30 – via Reed Business Information
• "環境に配慮、電動バイクで世界一周へ 藤原夫妻" [Environmentally friendly: Fujiwara and his wife to travel around the world on electric bike], Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese), March 23, 2004 – via China People's Daily
• Hedge, Trevor (November 29, 2004), Battery powered world adventurers visit Perth, mcnews.com.au, archived from the original on August 31, 2011, retrieved 2013-11-14
• Fujiwara, Kanichi (June 17, 2008), 素晴らしい旅をありがとう [Thank you for a wonderful journey] (in Japanese), BBB-Bike.com, retrieved 2013-11-04
• Fujiwara, Kanichi (May 2009), 僕のワールドツーリングを支えてくれた原チャリ列伝 ／ 藤原かんいち [Original bikes that have supported my world touring]
• "ラフ&ロードな人々 — フリーライター 藤原かんいち＆ヒロコ 夫婦" [People — Couple: freelance writer Kanichi & Hiroko Fujiwara], Rough & Road official blog (in Japanese), Rough & Road, March 30, 2009, retrieved 2013-11-16
• "100,000 キロの旅ストーリー!" [The story of a journey of 100,000 kilometers], Tandem Style (in Japanese): 66–67, May 2009, retrieved 2013-11-16 – via Rough & Road official blog
• "タンデムスタイル５月号（3/24発売）掲載記事" [An article in the May issue of Tandem Style], Rough & Road official blog (in Japanese), Rough & Road, April 13, 2009
• Two-wheel related auctions (in Japanese), BDS, 2011, retrieved 2013-11-30
• Services (in Japanese), BDS, 2011, retrieved 2013-11-30
• Fujiwara, Kanichi (2012), 藤原かんいち 全国旅ごはん！バイク紀行 [Kanichi Fujiwara's cross-country road food! Bike journey], BBB-Bike (in Japanese), BDS Company Inc. (published 2012–2013), retrieved 2013-11-30
• "100,000 km on the road", Tandem Style (in Japanese) (122): 90–95, July 2012, retrieved 2013-11-16 – via Rough & Road official blog
• Tesch, Bernd (September 11, 2013), Around-The-World by motorcycle, 2001–2004, retrieved 2013-11-14
• Fujiwara, Kanichi (November 7, 2013), "本日100000キロ達成しました!!" [Achieved 100,000 km today!!], On the Road 100000km blog

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Long distance rides at World Touring Network—Japan (in Japanese)

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