Today was for wandering around Shimabara by bikes. We managed to cycle between 28-31km (depending on who’s Strava account you want to believe).

In addition to the castle we also came across

• Relaxing time at old Japanese house and morning tea
• Old Samurai warrior street
• Location where the Castella cake is made (Kym bought $5 bargain pack – who needs fancy packaging..)
• Shimabara library
• Views of the mountains surrounding Shimabara
• Buried houses from the eruption in 1990
• Statue for Samurai Blue (Japan soccer team)
• Sea wall
• Cat cake shop

The morning was a little warmer than yesterday- but around 2pm it began to get colder.

Kym designed the route before we left the hotel this morning… but it is interesting what you find that is unplanned. Here is what the route looked like:

Due to the mountains, it is a hilly area… so yes there were more hills in today’s ride.