Adventure Day

June 1 is my personal anniversary "Adventure Day" when I set out on a epic journey biking across USA(1991) and biking across the Arctic Circle & Canada(1994).

In 1994 after the 2nd trek, I was biking in New Zealand and across Australia,  where I traveled across the two countries on foot in 2013 and 2014 again.

I was young enough to spend whole my power and energy on those two adventure treks.

But 20 years after the first trek, I ran across the same continent again.

* PEACE RUN 2011 Running Across America

* PEACE RUN 2013 Running Across Australia

* PEACE RUN 2014 Running Across New Zealand


You know I still keep on running and traveling around the world in that way.

* PEACE RUN Running Around The World

Hope I'll be on the road traveling day after day until the final day of my life.

*See the history of my adventure

Kasugai Kizuna Marathon 2016

Attended Kasugai Kizuna Marathon as a guest runner for the 3rd year in a row.

This is a charity marathon which supports earthquake recovery in Tohoku and Kyushu.

And also this is an unprecedented marathon race which is held at driving school.

I've never seen or run such a unique marathon in Japan.

As this is a 2.5 hour-relay marathon, runners have to pass the TASUKI belt in a relay race.

I was a leader of Team Kizuna which was made up of 7 runners.

Most of us the members ran in One-Tooth Geta.

That's why our team was sometimes called Team One-Tooth Geta.

We were not very fast runners but we enjoyed running the most.

Running together means living together in this era on the planet earth.

We realize we're all connected to each other under the same sky, which can create WORLD PEACE!

Oosu Kannon, Nagoya

Visited Nagoya for the first time in 2 months for One-Tooth Geta Twilight Hike in Oosu Kannon.

Walked along the shopping arcade in Oosu Kannon Dori Street with pals in One-Tooth Geta(OTG) held by One-Tooth Geta Club.

As you may know, One-Tooth Geta is a magic footwear which activates our body and mind.

We often have an event here, there and everywhere in Japan to let people know how good OTG is.

I am going to take OTG with me when I visit Europe in June.


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I Do What I Like

It’s the very mission of yours if what you want to do does good to the world.

“I was born to do it.”

Now I’m doing what I do believe so. And I’ll keep doing it for the rest of my life.

Yes, it’s my life. I do what I like.

Huge Thanks---Ookini!!

On the night of 29th, I had the good fortune to succeed in fundraising JPY 2 million for the next trek PEACE RUN 2016 Running Around Europe.

Huge thanks to all my supporters!!

OOKINI---in Osaka dialect...

Pray For Kyushu

It's been almost 4 weeks since I last updated this blog.

Of course there have been so many things to tell you but...

It's because of Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred on 14th and 16th this month.

Some friends of mine lost their houses and have had nothing to eat or drink for a while.

In Kumamoto and Oita area, local people have less time to sleep well where the aftershocks are continuing even now.

About 27,000 houses got partially damaged and about 2,000 houses got completely destroyed.

37,000 people were forced to live as refugees at the evacuation site such as gymnasium.

Some of them stay overnight in their cars as they are afraid to return to them because of aftershocks.

Some volunteer groups drove their cars and delivered relief supplies to people in the stricken area.

We also collected relief supplies from our friends via Facebook wishing those will be their relief (photo above).

Hope the tremors of the earthquake will stop right now and also hope they will get their ordinary life back as soon as possible.

Adventurers' Night

It was the greatest moment that 5 adventurers came together in Temmabashi, Osaka. Mr.Kodama and Mr. Sasaki walk around the world pulling the cart.

Mr.Oshima is a polar-regions cyclist. He became the first cyclist who reached the South Pole by bicycle.

 Mr. Nishikawa is an adventure cyclist who connects Japanese kids to kids who live in foreign countries where he travels.

 It was also a special moment that we had a party under the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

 Even if we meet for the first time, we feel we are connected to each other under the same blue sky and on the same planet earth.