{"id":18202,"date":"2024-07-14T07:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T11:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T08:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T12:18:51","slug":"stage-2-done-cycling-wrapped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/cycling-travels\/cycling-asia\/south-korea-japan-2024\/stage-2-done-cycling-wrapped-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 2 done! Cycling wrapped-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During this segment we completed our quasi cycling loop in Hokkaido. We were blessed with good (reasonable) weather, road and traffic conditions. We were also pleasantly surprised by the type and quality of our accommodation which proved to be much better than we anticipated. After spending 3 weeks on the island of Hokkaido, we were eager to embark on our 20 hour ferry from Tomakomai (Hokkaido) to Oarai (Honsh\u0169). The ferry departure and arrival times were clearly more convenient and better this time than those we had for our sailing towards Hokkaido. The weather gods were again kind to us for our last few cycling days in Japan as we benefited from a break in the scorching temperatures (36+C) experienced in Tokyo over the past few weeks. Upon on arrival in our accommodation near Tokyo’s Narita International airport, we were especially thankful to our tandem which carried us and our panniers over 2,700 kms from Seoul (South Korea) (~900 kms) to various parts of Japan (~1,800kms) – while experiencing only a single flat tire. Although we cycled roughly 1,300 fewer kms on this trip than our 2022 EuroVelo trip, we did considerably more sightseeing along the way this time.<\/p>\n\n\n