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11 Jun, 2013

Japanese man completes 40,000 km round-the-world walk | The Japan Times

A 32-year-old Japanese man completed his walk around the world Sunday in which he covered around 40,000 km with a two-wheeled cart, returning to Shanghai where he started the journey about four and a half years ago.

Masahito Yoshida, from the city of Tottori on the Sea of Japan coast, left Shanghai on New Year’s Day 2009, heading west with around 50 kg of luggage, including a sleeping bag, in his cart.

Yoshida said he hoped to visit small towns that he would bypass if he traveled by train or bus.

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