Biei

I started the day by going to the convenience store to buy some breakfast and sun screen. I got on the bus going to the Blue Pond near Biei, it was really the bluest pond I have ever seen, very serene and tucked away in the mountains, well worth the trip. The trip on the way and back was also very beautiful seeing the vast meadows and farmlands, surrounded by mountains with the sun shining brightly. It was going to be a very good day.

I got back to Biei to have lunch and even got to take it home because I couldn't finish it, I was also quite excited to start biking around the area. The town of Biei was also very pretty, the houses had ample spacing and the roads were wide. There was a certain quaintness to the whole area that made me feel really free. I finally got to rent my bike and set off, I hit various hotspots from farmlands, trees and various flower fields, even an alpaca farm! Taking rests every now and then to absorb my surroundings, not that it wasn't possible to do so while on the bike as every second of it was just beautiful. I was using an electric bike so the going the higher slopes didn't take too much of my energy. I stopped by a swing by the hill and saw a very nice panoramic view of the farmlands. There was also the Tree of Life, it was quite difficult to get to but super worth it. As I neared Biei again, I decided to take one more detour to a nearby park but on the way ended up falling over and scrapping myself. I still pushed through and hanged around for a bit before going back to return the bike. I took another train back to Asahikawa and pretended to have just gotten on the previous station to save a lot of money. I took a nice hot bath and had a good rest because the next day was going to be much much tougher than biking around meadows.Read more