A Saudi Arabian man cycled from the northern tip of the mainland of Hokkaido to the southern tip of Kyushu island on a journey that took 39 days.

Omar Al-Omair, 34, started his 3,152-km trek from Cape Soya on Oct. 16 and ended it at Cape Sata, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 23.

"I love cycling and I love Japan," Al-Omair said, explaining why he took the journey, at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tokyo on Friday. "I had visited Japan twice in the past, but I wasn't satisfied. I wanted to bike through Japan to see what I had missed."