2019 Japan / Hokkaido – Overview without maps
Arriving in Sapporo Day 00 – Sapporo – Trip and arrival Day 01 – Sapporo – Getting the bicycles ready Cycling Stage 1: To Kushiro Overview of stage. 9 days of cycling to Kushiro
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2019 Japan / Hokkaido – Overview
Arriving in Sapporo Day 00 – Sapporo – Trip and arrival Day 01 – Sapporo – Getting the bicycles ready Cycling Stage 1: To Kushiro Overview of stage. 9 days of cycling to Kushiro
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Day 27 – Sapporo to Cologne – Long way back home
2019-09-17 Sapporo / Chitose / Haneda / Düsseldorf / Cologne. Long way. Got up early at 4:00 AM, incredible sunrise. Had managed to organize some private taxi, with friends we had made before. Got to
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Day 23 to 26 – Sapporo – Big city, bright lights
2019-09-13 to 209-09-16 Sapporo After all that cycling in the most rural areas our reward was some time off the bike going record shopping in Sapporo. The city is about 1.9 million people, so the
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Day 22 – Iwamizawa to Sapporo – Coming back again
2019-09-12 Start: 11:15 / Arrival: 16:30 Distance: 52km / Gained height 300 hm Got breakfast at the mall again and then left for a transfer to Sapporo. Transfer was okay, but with heavy headwinds…. Also
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Day 21 – Furano to Iwamizawa – Rainy day with a surprising reward
2019-09-11 Start: 8:45 / Arrival: 17:00 Distance: 81km / Gained height 760 hm Forecast again rain. Early start due to it. This was a quitr dull ride and just a transfer, after the rain started. Came
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Day 20 – Asahikawa to Furano – Flowerfields
2019-09-10 Start: 13:00 / Arrival: 21:15 Distance: 73km / Gained height 750 hm Late and slow start, as I needed some more sleep. Got a tasty breakfast from the Aeon deli section, accompanied by some sweet tomato
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Day 19 – Asahikawa – Beautiful sundown and robatayaki
2019-09-09 Well earned rest day in Asahikawa. Tobi needed some sleep, but I got up earlier and walked through town. One record shop I wanted to go to was closed, but found another hidden obscure
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Day 18 – Yubetsu to Ahasikawa – King of mountain
2019-09-08 Start: 08:45 / Arrival: 19:30 Distance: 142km / Gained height 1150 hm Earliest start until now. But needed, as this was quite a challenge climbing up to 850m, over quite some distance. Legs felt a
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Day 17 – Abashiri to Yubetsu – Fields of red glasswort
2019-09-07 Start: 10:15 / Arrival: 19:30 Distance: 110km / Gained height 800 hm Allthough we had quite a lot of kilometres in front of us, started a little bit hungover. Said goodbye to Mama – with the
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