This gallery features a selection of my favorite photographs from a three-week bikepacking trip through Japan with my friend Raynor in November of 2025. Over the course of the journey, we cycled more than 500 miles and spent 57 hours aboard ferries, linking Tokyo, Shikoku, and Kyushu through a mix of islands, coastal routes, and inland landscapes, including the Shimanami Kaido island bike route. Whenever possible, we avoided major roads in favor of country lanes, farm roads, bike paths, and quiet neighborhood streets, which shaped both the pace of the trip and the photographs themselves. I traveled with a single camera body and one lens, photographing entirely handheld and often on the move. While many moments were captured with my phone, a small number of images were made when time, light, and conditions aligned and I could slow down and work more deliberately. Together, these photographs reflect a balance between motion and stillness, and a way of experiencing place that’s best discovered at cycling speed.
If you’re curious what the cycling journey behind these photographs looked like, I’ve put together a video that captures the experience.