Category: 2019 Japan Hokkaido

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 until taking a rest.   Stage 1.1: Otaru und Lake Tōya First part of cycling. Started of with a rainy day to the lovely town

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 know some interesting stories about western china. At the counter everything went well, no complaints about the cardboards with the bicycles weighting around ~25kg and

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 biggest of Hokkaido by distance. Asahikawa, the second biggest one is only 350.000 people. I quite like the town, which is layed out as grid,

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 across some waterfall and some big lake. But went quickly through as rain was constant and heavy. Got some oden on the way, warming up

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 a woman gave us from her garden. Headed through beautiful rice fields, already becoming yellow, with a fantastic mountain landscape in the background. As we

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 one, which was yet also closed. Walked to the main station and found a huge Aeon mall. Got some breakfast from the foodcourt and checked the

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 laundry being free for us because we’re German. Positive racism, but oh so kind. We’re very grateful for that and know how to appreciate it.