Category: Road TripPage 8 of 8
A 75-day, 11,000km journey around Japan, travelling to the very north to the very south and back again in a Mitsubishi Delica
It absolutely poured down rain last night. It made me so grateful to be inside this big, dry van. It was still raining heavily when we woke up,…
Ordinary start to the morning, parked amongst the dozens of other vans at the Utoro michi-no-eki. We made our way across the Shiretoko peninsular, towards Rausu. It’s a…
It still surprises me how many people are parked (and sleeping) at the michi-no-ekis (Road Station). I guess it is quite convenient (there are nice/clean bathrooms) and it…
During the night, the strong winds turned into strong winds AND rain! We were pretty exhausted from the full day yesterday (and were both wearing ear plugs), so…
We woke at 5:15 in a park above Wakkanai, and we were treated to nice pastel shades from a cloudy sunrise. Cloudy… Unphased, we rushed to get ready…
Woken early by the bright, scorching sun, but managed to fall back asleep for another few hot hours in the car park. The night before we’d read about…
Yay! We’ve finally started on our road-trip! …even if it was a little belated. Original ‘plans’ were to head to the far north of Hokkaido today (Wakkanai), and…
With a heavy heart, I left my apartment that I’d lived in for the past two years. The poor Delica was full of all my worldly possessions (I’d…