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{{infobox person
|name=Kanichi Fujiwara
|native_name= 藤原かんいち or 藤原 寛一
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1961}}
| birth_place = Iwate Prefecture, Japan
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| nationality = Japanese
| known_for = Long-distance motorcycle riding
| spouse = Hiroko Fujiwara{{sfn|Rough & Road|2009a}}
| website = {{url|kanichi.com}}
}}Kanichi Fujiwara is a Japanese long-distance motorcycle rider and writer. JourneysBetween 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.{{sfn|Fujiwara|2009}} 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 {{Convert|50552|km|adj=on}} journey circumnavigating the world on a Yamaha Passol electric scooter,{{sfn|Fujiwara|2008}}{{sfn|Hedge|2004}} 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).{{sfn|Fujiwara|2008}}{{sfn|Fujiwara|2003}} It may have been the first global circumnavigation by electric two-wheeler.{{sfn|Tesch|2013}}{{sfn|Asahi Shinbun|2004}} Fujiwara visited and documented the sites of sacred trees in various countries to spread awareness of green transportation.{{sfn|Fujiwara|2004}}{{sfn|Channel News Asia|2004}} The scooter he used in the 2004–2008 circumnavigation, sponsored by Yamaha,{{sfn|AFP|2004}} weighed {{convert|45|kg}}, had a 30 km/h top speed, and an endurance of 20 km on a battery charge.{{sfn|Hedge|2004}} Even with six batteries giving a 100 km range,{{sfn|Hedge|2004}} his partner had to shuttle charged batteries to him in order to cross Australia's Nullarbor Plain.{{sfn|Tesch|2013}} 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.{{sfn|Tandem Style|2009}}{{sfn|Rough & Road|2009b}}{{sfn|Fujiwara|2013}} Online journalismIn 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,{{sfn|Fujiwara|2012}} a online publication of large Japanese auction house BDS.{{sfn|BDS|2011a|ps=; BDS auctions approximately 4,500 motorcycles a week.}}{{sfn|BDS|2011b|ps=; BDS claims 50% share of Japan's motorcycle auction market.}} Bibliography- {{Citation|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi|title=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|trans-title=The original bike bastard starving around Japan: 74 day, 13,390 km journey on 85,909 Yen |publisher=Japan Travel Bureau Publishing|year=1997|isbn=978-4533028144}}
Notes and referencesNotesReferences- {{citation|title=Route map and mileage|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi|year=2003|url=http://www.kanichi.com/denki/05.htm|accessdate=2013-11-14}}
- {{citation|title=Japanese Man to Travel 'Around-the-Globe' on Electric Scooter|date=March 9, 2004|publisher=Agence France-Presse|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Japanese+Man+to+Travel+'Around-the-Globe'+on+Electric+Scooter.-a0114060222|accessdate=2014-11-14| ref = {{harvid|AFP|2004}}}}
- {{citation|title=Big trees|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi | publication-date=2004–2008| year=2004| url=http://kanichi.com/denki/03.htm| accessdate=2013-11-30}}
- {{citation|journal=Channel News Asia|title=World trip on no-emission electric scooter |date=March 2, 2004|via=Reed Business Information|url=http://www.icis.com/Articles/2004/03/02/562365/in-tuesdays-asia-papers.html|accessdate=2013-11-30|ref={{harvid|Channel News Asia|2004}}}}
- {{citation|url=http://j.people.com.cn/2004/03/23/jp20040323_37849.html |title=環境に配慮、電動バイクで世界一周へ 藤原夫妻|trans-title=Environmentally friendly: Fujiwara and his wife to travel around the world on electric bike|newspaper= Asahi Shinbun|date= March 23, 2004|language=Japanese|via=China People's Daily|ref = {{harvid|Asahi Shinbun|2004}}}}
- {{citation|title=Battery powered world adventurers visit Perth
|first=Trevor |last=Hedge|date=November 29, 2004|publisher=mcnews.com.au| url=http://www.mcnews.com.au/Features/2004/passol/intro_trip.htm|accessdate=2013-11-14}}- {{citation|script-title=ja:素晴らしい旅をありがとう|language=Japanese|trans-title=Thank you for a wonderful journey|url=http://www.bbb-bike.com/fujiwara/fujiwara.php?ID=42|publisher=BBB-Bike.com|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi|date=June 17, 2008|accessdate=2013-11-04}}
- {{citation|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi|title=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|trans-title=Original bikes that have supported my world touring|date=May 2009|url=http://www.wtn-j.com/html/column/0905fujiwara_kanichi/0905kanichi.htm}}
- {{citation|title=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|trans-title=People — Couple: freelance writer Kanichi & Hiroko Fujiwara |date=March 30, 2009|publisher=Rough & Road|url=http://rough-and-road.weblogs.jp/skouhou/2009/03/post-eb46.html|accessdate=2013-11-16|work=Rough & Road official blog|language=Japanese|ref = {{harvid|Rough & Road|2009a}}}}
- {{citation|title=100,000 キロの旅ストーリー!|trans-title=The story of a journey of 100,000 kilometers |pages=66–67|journal=Tandem Style|date=May 2009|via=Rough & Road official blog|language=Japanese|url=http://rough-and-road.weblogs.jp/skouhou/2009/04/324-a16b.html|accessdate=2013-11-16|ref = {{harvid|Tandem Style|2009}}}}
- {{citation|title=タンデムスタイル５月号（3/24発売）掲載記事|trans-title=An article in the May issue of Tandem Style|date=April 13, 2009|url=http://rough-and-road.weblogs.jp/skouhou/2009/04/324-a16b.html|work=Rough & Road official blog|publisher=Rough & Road|language=Japanese|ref = {{harvid|Rough & Road|2009b}}}}
- {{citation|url=http://www.bds.co.jp/auction/|title=Two-wheel related auctions|publisher=BDS|year=2011|accessdate=2013-11-30|language=Japanese|ref={{harvid|BDS|2011a}}}}
- {{citation|url=http://www.bds.co.jp/service/|title=Services|publisher=BDS|year=2011|accessdate=2013-11-30|language=Japanese|ref={{harvid|BDS|2011b}}}}
- {{citation|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi|script-title=ja:藤原かんいち 全国旅ごはん！バイク紀行|trans-title=Kanichi Fujiwara's cross-country road food! Bike journey|url=http://www.bbb-bike.com/tabigohan/|publisher=BDS Company Inc.|work=BBB-Bike|accessdate=2013-11-30|publication-date=2012–2013|year=2012|language=Japanese}}
- {{citation|title=100,000 km on the road|pages=90–95|journal=Tandem Style|date=July 2012|via=Rough & Road official blog|language=Japanese|url=http://rough-and-road.weblogs.jp/skouhou/2012/06/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%96%E3%81%A7%E5%9B%BD%E9%81%93%E5%85%A8%E5%88%B6%E8%A6%87%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E4%B8%AD%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E5%AF%9B%E4%B8%80%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E3%81%AB%E4%BC%9A%E3%81%84%E3%81%AB%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%93%E3%81%86-%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB7%E6%9C%88%E5%8F%B75.html|accessdate=2013-11-16|ref = {{harvid|Tandem Style|2012}}|issue=122}}
- {{citation|url=http://www.berndtesch.de/English/Continents/WorldAround/WorldAroundMotorcycle2001-2004.html|last=Tesch|first=Bernd |authorlink=Bernd Tesch |date=September 11, 2013|accessdate=2013-11-14|title=Around-The-World by motorcycle, 2001–2004}}
- {{citation|last=Fujiwara|first=Kanichi|title=本日100000キロ達成しました!!|trans-title=Achieved 100,000 km today!!|date=November 7, 2013|work=On the Road 100000km blog|url=http://cubboy.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-2128.html}}
External links- {{Official website}} {{ja icon}}
- Long distance rides at World Touring Network—Japan {{ja icon}}
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