Day 7 West coast Rishiri Is -34km

Another early rise and then a very pleasant ride around the coast. We called in at a few places including an urchin processing shed in which a young couple were scooping out the contents of sea urchins. The swollen gonads are seperated and sold for about $200 kg. The young lady had worked at Mt Hotham several years earlier. We continued on and visited a few more ports and villages eventually stopping in Kutsugata were we had booked into a small hotel. We enjoyed a lunch of grilled whole mackerel and rice. Our hotel kindly let us check in early. The room was typically Japanese sparse with rolled up futons, a small fridge and a low table. We visited a local restaurant to try out the renowned local seafood, and it was good.Read more