Motorcycle date around Izu peninsula is always romantic, but if you want to take the romance to the extreme and give in to superstition, visit the heart-shaped Ryugu Sea Cave on Valentine's Day.

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The Venus line is about a 90km route through the mountain roads around the Nagano Prefecture in Japan, connecting visiting spots around the popular ski area. It is known as “the best touring road in Japan”, and aside of that, we didn’t know anything about it. We wanted its scenery to surprise us, therefore we just pinned the location to our navigation, and called the most flexible, convenient and cheapest guest house we could find close to Chino.

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One of the most underrated places in Japan is quite surely Fukushima, an area that offers impeccable nature, delicious food and unique sights and people. To the outside world, the name of this incredible Japanese prefecture might send chills down the spine, as the media outside Japan reports anything connected to the 2012 earthquake and tsunami disaster with the nuclear power plant leak as the "Fukushima disaster". For 13,780 km² of Fukushima prefecture, this reputation serves as a great injustice.

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There are millions of reasons why you should ride down to Jogashima, the tiny island in Kanagawa Prefecture (Miura Peninsula). We listed the unbeatable top 5.

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The road took us to Gotenba, and as the night fell, we revved a little harder, uphill. The night was getting darker, stronger, colder, and we were alone on the winding road. Thousands of little eyes shimmered in the sky, and under those stars, we felt the magnificence of a striking white triangle, the peak of Mt. Fuji.

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We only had 1 day for riding a week ago, therefore we looked for a convenient touring road close to Tokyo, providing enough excitement and possibility to return at a reasonable hour, given the usual Sunday evening traffic. We were set for Okutama, expecting a serene quiet ride over empty mountain roads, and drove right into the opposite: An ongoing, furious, wild and adrenaline-packed Japanese street race!

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The streets were indeed slippery, even on a dry day. Generally, road pavements in the Pacific region are largely sourced from coralline or indigenous rocks. In Okinawa, they use a special blend of marine materials that give the bikes an extra swhoosh down the road. We tried to get more information about the roads from the locals, but everyone told us a different story about the use of coral sand/shells and asphalt for paving the roads.

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Harley Davidson booth at the Tokyo Motor Show - interview with one of the lead models - Haruka.

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While the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Squad is known for best skilled riders in Japan (if not even the world), the elite police squad of female motorcycle officers, riding under the name "Queen Stars", showcased their motorcycle drill performance at the outdoor exhibition space at Big Sight. The following video captures their elegance and sharp riding technique.

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If you browse for 'bosozoku', you will find many blog posts, forum discussions, articles and documentaries. There is a lot of visual material that portrays the scale of Japanese bike gangs a few decades ago. History attests their power, uniqueness and craziness, which often leads to mystification and especially in the perception of foreigners, intrigues curiosity and admiration of biker gang members.

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Rider Machines were mainly produced by Suzuki, while other manufacturers had a fair share as well: Honda's custom Cyclones might have been the most famous ones, followed by Yamaha, and even foreign brands like Harley Davidson, Ducati and Gas Gas.

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