Monday, July 15, 2013

Travel to Japan, Hokkaido, Abashiri.


Simple buffet breakfast with soup, toast, cold noodles in mayonnaise, yoghurt and a few unknowns. Sunny and high 20's again - not complaining. Out of the door and straight up the hill for 2 miles at 7%. This was followed by a descent back to the coast, which we followed for 20 miles. The first town of Utoro was very nice with a fishing harbour and large brown rocks standing in the sea near the coast. It reminded me of the East coast at Scarborough and Whitby. Along the way there were also some quite good waterfalls streaming down into the sea, one spectacular one called Oshin Koshin. Cormorants were also seen basking on rocks close by and waiting for a bite to eat. I managed to get quite a good photo of one as it took off towards the sea. Several kites were also hovering above, again no doubt scanning for food. On our way we saw hundreds of cyclists going in the opposite direction, young,old, fit and not so fit, presumably on a charity ride with police and army escorts. We stopped for lunch in Shari Town, which looked brand new, and we had take away chicken legs and rice wrapped in a leaf. Koshimuzu Flower Park was a bit of a let down, but I suppose it may look better at other times of year when there are more flowers.

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