After a very early morning, leaving Toyako with its luxuries, my slow way towards Hokkaido began, the port that would take me towards the mainland of Japan. The ride started with lots of hills going up and down (I had to climb three mountains on that day) and many long tunnels. I guess the rest days paid off because I had so much energy and really enjoyed the ride, so once I arrived to my proposed destiny, it felt like it was way too early and I wasn't done yet, so I continued for 25 km more thinking that I could maybe cut one day off riding. Stopped in an interesting crab restaurant for lunch and slept in between some trees in a park in the middle of nowhere. Now, the ride was mostly through fishing towns that felt deserctic, I had just read about how Japan was having a very big problem with an aging population without enough descendence that was abandoning the rural areas for a life in the cities. This was proof of the reality.
JapanYakumo42°18’39” N 140°16’32” E
JapanYakumo42°18’39” N 140°16’32” E