Tag: Travel

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…

Day 14: Hotokegaura – Noheji 170km

There was still thunder/lightning/rain when we woke up, which was slightly disheartening, but by the time we’d packed up, and gotten ready to leave it had mostly cleared…

Day 13: Yakumo – Hotokegaura (Aomori) 130km

We made the most of the short time I had back in Yakumo to see a friends in town, and although it had only been three weeks since…

Day 11: Lake Toya – Noboribetsu 72km

It’s amazing how cool it can get at night (in a car) in Hokkaido, only to be roasting when the sun comes up (and, does it come up…

Day 4: Wakkanai to Abashiri 327km

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…