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A 75-day, 11,000km journey around Japan, travelling to the very north to the very south and back again in a Mitsubishi Delica

Day 27: Shirakawa (Gifu) – Kanazawa (Ishikawa) 121km

Another stormy-night/rainy-morning that cleared by the time we’d finished breakfast.  Convenient! As we were finishing breakfast, Risa started chatting to an old lady working at the michi-no-eki, and…

Day 26: Okuhida – Takayama 58km

Was raining when we woke up, which could have made sleeping in quite easy.  Except, I was awake long before my alarm was set to wake us.  Typical….

Day 25: Kamikochi (Nagano)

During the evening last night, while reading about what there was to do in the area, I re-read the information about Kamikochi (the area that we drove past…

Day 24: Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) – Okuhida (Gifu) 185km

Yet another semi-clear morning, with blue skies and high clouds (and high temperatures). We spent longer than normal deciding where to go today, but eventually we decided to…

Day 23: Uonuma (Niigata) – Nozawa (Nagano) 108km

The cool weather from yesterday had disappeared this morning, waking up hot for the first time in a few days.  The weather forecast predicts that this heat wave…

Day 22: Tsuchiyu (Fukushima) – Ounuma (Niigata) 204km

We woke up to heavy fog, and moderate rain.  Visibility was barely across the car park (and the temperatures were quite cool), so we made the most of…

Day 21: Murata (Miyagi) – Tsuchiyu (Fukushima) 178km

For the first time in a while, I didn’t wake up already sweating.  It was nice/nostalgic.  Though, it was due to cloud/rain/wind. Risa went and checked out the…

Day 20: Ishinomaki – Murata (near Sendai) 189km

I could just tell that today was going to be a slightly disappointing day.  Probably because I’m slightly pessimistic in nature, but I was really looking forward to…

Day 19: Tono (Iwate) – Ishinomaki (Miyagi) 165km

It got cool during the night, but you wouldn’t have guessed it by the 7:30 this morning, as it was already hot/humid… and disgusting.  I really don’t miss…

Day 18: Iwaizumi – Tono 166km

While we didn’t technically stay in Iwaizumi, we stayed fairly close.  The actual place that we stayed was the Mitagai michi-no-eki.  Today was a much faster start to…