BEE Japan
BEE Japan (Bicycle for Everyone's Earth) is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental awareness and ecological lifestyles in Japan. Founded in 1997 by a group of JET Assistant Language Teachers, the organization's main event is an annual 2 month bicycle ride, beginning in August, from the northernmost island of Japan (Hokkaido) to the southernmost (Kyushu, and occasionally Okinawa). Each year has a different coordinator and team of riders, and a different environmental focus.
The BEE ride uses both direct action and education to promote environmental awareness and ecological lifestyles.{{Cite web |url=http://www.beejapan.org |title=B.E.E. Japan ¦ Bicycle for Everyone's Earth! |accessdate=2008-03-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080423084202/http://www.beejapan.org/| archivedate= 23 April 2008 | url-status= live}}
Past rides
- 2011: Planned to support Japan For Sustainability, but was cancelled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake{{Cite web|url=https://www.japanfs.org/ja/news/archives/news_id030832.html|title=地球を守るサイクリングツアー BEE Japan|accessdate=2025-03-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.japantravel.com/kagoshima/bee-japan-2012/3022|title=BEE Charity Bicycle Expedition|accessdate=2025-03-14}}
- 2010: All proceeds went to Japan For Sustainability{{Cite web|url=http://www.beejapan.org/?page_id=208|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205130341/http://www.beejapan.org/?page_id=208|title=BEE History|accessdate=2025-03-14|archivedate=2015-02-05|url-status=dead}}
- 2009: Ride from Wakkanaito Okinawa in support of Japan For Sustainability and We 21 Japan{{Cite web|url=https://we21japan.org/common/media/no52.pdf|title=WE 21 Japan News No.52 (page 5)}}
- 2008: Ride from Wakkanai to Cape Sata{{Cite web|url=http://www.j-cycling.org/eco/bee/index.html|title=「BEE2008! Join the ride!」|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330143131/http://www.j-cycling.org/eco/bee/index.html|archivedate=2009-03-30|accessdate=2025-03-15|url-status=dead}}
- 2007: Supporting organizations against the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
- 2006: Wakkanai to Okinawa supporting a charity opposed to the relocation of a US Marine Corps base, which threatened the endangered dugong
- 2005: 3200km ride over 52 days
- 1998: Ride from Rishiri Island to Yakushima, including a visit to Rokkasho{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/fukushima-prefecture-english-newsletter-winter-1998-b/Fukushima%20prefecture%20English%20newsletter%20Winter%201998%20A4/page/n7/mode/2up|title=Fukushima Prefecture English Newsletter Winter 1998 No. 33|accessdate=2025-03-14}}
- 1997: Ride from Wakkanai to Yakushima over 2 months{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/kita-nihon-shiinbun-8.30.97/page/n1/mode/2up|title=Kita Nippon Shinbun 1997-08-30|accessdate=2025-03-14}}