A Journey across japan ~In Hokkaido~ 日本縦断～北海道編～
A journey across Japan in Hokkaido
Hokkaido is located in north part of Japan. Sapporo, which is capital city, was our start point. we arrived at Hokkaido with no bicycle, so first thing we gotta do was procuring them there. we searched good bicycle shop there, and we found it , we bought each gear, helped by the staffs there so much. Actually, we dont ride bicycle in daily life so much, and for us, this was the first time to ride this kinda professional one. My friend chose " trek" as his machine, and me, chose " GT " as my mate. and we customized them to carry our baggages helped by staff again haha😂.
In Hokkaido, the distance to ride was 262Km starting from Sapporo city through Otaru, oshamanbe , and last stop, Hakodate. that was really big number for us because weve never ridden bike for such a long distance,,,
And we set one special rule during Hokkaido. That is deciding our money by the dice roll. we have 2 dices, so maximum is 1200 yen, and minimum is 200 yen a day. so we gotta save money as much as we could.
What I remenber most we faced on the way was the day we were caught in a heavy rain. That happened on second day since we started. on that day, we gotta cross the mountain no matter what kinda weather it is. honestly, it was scary experience because the road we had to take was so nerrow that we can hardly go through and also sometimes we had to go through tunnel, which is really long and has big amount of traffic volume. And we didnt have much money at that time. as we got rain, we gradually felt so cold, but i didnt bring warm cloth because its middle of summer. I really had no idea what we should do becuase its so heavy rain outside, so we cant set a tent, and had no money. Finally we decided to stay at cheap hotel. From this, I learnt people can`t against nature, but I was frustrated becuse I couldnt do anything. I never forget that emotion and feeling I got at that time.
On the way, we were helped by many people, especially about food. we didnt have much money, so some farmer who knew we were doing a journey across Japan gave us milk, corn, Onigiri, many tomatos, and grape, bananas. all those were so good taste, and fresh! That`s Hokkaido quality! i love it ! Can`t thank you enogh.
While we went on our journey, we can see the signboard showing how much distance lef to go. Our destination was Hakodate. at first, it had over 200km, so far away from us, but day by day, its getting closer to us, and final day , it became 86km. it was still big distance, but we challenged it. After arriving at Hakodate, we got a big confidence fromt that experience.
Hokkaido to Aomori, there is sea, we sailed and headed to Oma, which is famous for tuna😎.
