Fujiwara Kanichi (w3382)
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- Description: Kanichi Fujiwara is a Japanese long-distance motorcyclist and writer. Between May 1987 and August 1999 he travelled across several continents on small motorcycles including a Honda Super Cub, a 50 cc Honda Motra and a Honda Dio scooter. Between March 2004 and May 2008 he completed a 50,552 km (31,412 miles) circumnavigation of the world on a Yamaha Passol electric scooter across 44 countries, on a route including Australia (Sydney to Perth), Thailand, India to Lisbon, South Africa to Kenya, and the United States (New York to San Francisco). The Yamaha Passol weighed 45 kg, had a top speed of 30 km/h and a range of 20 km per charge; with six batteries the range reached 100 km. The journey is considered possibly the first global circumnavigation by electric two-wheeler. Between April 2009 and November 2013 he rode 100,000 km across Japan's major highways on a 50 cc Honda Cub
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Japan, Giappone, Japon
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Moped, Motorino, Cyclomoteur
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://kanichi.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15276096
