Windsurf Round Japan: Round Japan completed - Jono Dunnett has reached the finish line!

"Much of this journey was a battle against the wind and waves. Just a week ago, it seemed like it would take me at least three weeks to complete the circumnavigation of Japan. Two typhoons could easily have prevented that," Jono wrote before the final leg. The Japanese authorities had set him a deadline a few weeks earlier - if his visa expired, he would not be allowed to re-enter the country for the time being. But Jono was very lucky with the weather: "A series of days with stable weather and favourable south-westerly winds allowed me to make three major crossings between peninsulas, so I'm now just a stone's throw away from Onjuku, where the journey began." In the meantime, his tracker shows that he has also mastered this section. "Windsurf Round Japan" has now been successfully completed and Jono Dunnett has reached the end of his adventure trip!

Thanks to the good conditions, Jono was recently able to shorten the route considerably: instead of travelling along the coast through the bays south of Tokyo, he was able to surf directly from headland to headland. "First I travelled from Omaezaki to the Izu Peninsula, then to Oshima Island and yesterday I crossed Sagami Bay and Tokyo Bay to go ashore in Chiba-ken," he writes. "Because of these jumps, I missed saying "arigato gozaimasu" in person to some contacts who had offered me their support. I would have liked to say hello, but when the conditions were finally good, I couldn't ignore them."

Jono describes his final stages: "The crossings went smoothly and, as always, the most difficult sections came when land was in sight. At Oshima, the currents were strong and there were strong gusts of wind in the wake of the island. There were shipping lanes to cross, but visibility was excellent and I had optimum wind to steer a safe course through them."

You will soon be able to read a detailed interview with Jono Dunnett here on surf-magazin.de! Having already surfed around the UK and even the whole of Europe, Jono started his "Windsurf Round Japan" project in May 2024. He regularly reported for us on what he experienced along the way - from wild bears, destroyed equipment, a frosty winter and earthquake damage to happiness in love and numerous encounters:

• Windsurf Round Japan: Culture shock for Jono Dunnett on stage 1
• Windsurf Round Japan: Love, Bears & Konbinis - Update by Jono Dunnett
• Windsurf Round Japan: Back on Honshu - half time for Jono Dunnett
• Windsurf Round Japan: Restart after a long winter break - Jono Dunnett reports
• Windsurf Round Japan: Heat, sharks and an ultimatum - Jono Dunnett has the finish line in sight