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Gianni Simone's avatar

So how was it sleeping in a bivvy bag? Do you recommend it?

When I travelled around Japan in August 2019 I only took a sleeping bag with me and spent the night on a couple of beaches. As you wrote, seeing the stars (and the planes flying toward Tokyo, one after another) was pretty exciting.

My wife was afraid I would be beaten up by some oyaji-hunting youth by I had no problems.

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Julian Smith's avatar

I found it hard to sleep. I don't recommend it unless you can sleep easily anywhere. I'm too nervous to get more than a little sleep. Having said that, I'm about to sleep in a bivvy bag for two nights this weekend on the last bit of the Tokaido. Hopefully I'll get a little more sleep this time, although the heat might put an end to that! Thanks for printing out all my posts and reading them, that's a big commitment!

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