Japanese Caravan Visits The Holland Centre in Toronto

On August 3rd, 2010, Bone and Joint Decade Canada had the pleasure to host international adventurer Shinji Kazama and his team at the Holland Centre in Toronto. Mr. Kazama and his team were raising awareness about bone and joint health on their North American Caravan, crossing the continent on bikes, scooters, and boats on their way to the Bone and Joint Decade World Network Conference in Lund, Sweden on September 10th, 2010.

An adventurer with years of experience, Mr. Shinji Kazama was involved in an accident during the Paris-Dakar Rally in 2004 and seriously injured on his left leg. He still suffers after-effects of the injury. He is the first and only person to have reached both the North and South Poles by way of motorcycle. In addition to his globe spanning distance records, Kazama has also set records for the highest peaks ever reached on motorcycle.

In 2007, he embarked on Trans Eurasian Continent Tour (52days/18,000km) by motorcycle, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of bone and joint health among the people he met through the tour.

After the success of the Trans Eurasian Continent Tour, he continues to be actively involved in the Bone and Joint Decade world campaign and succeeded in two more expeditions, traversing Africa in 2008 and Australia in 2009 as a good will ambassador of BJD.