Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Day 22 Fri 27 sept - Tsukigata Lake Park Camp to Fujiyama Small Train Station Camp

Today dist : 81.7 km        Total : 933.7 km
Today Temp : 6 - 19 C     Sunny but very cold in early morning
Ride time: 4 hr 44 min
Ave speed : 17.2 kmh    Max : 46.5
Ave climb: 1 %  Max: 5 %
Trip alti : 235 m    Max: 67 m
Today spend :1070 yen      Total : 6208 yen

It was a big mistake to set my tent outside and not under the roof with cover last night. I never expected the night temp can dropped so drastically to 6C when i read my meter at midnight. I was really shivering inside my tent even with 2-3 layers of clothing and socks put on. With that in mind, I might need to purchase one more thicker jacket to keep warm, and for future camping, i better find places with roof cover to avoid the same from happening again. My tent outer layer was totally wet by the overnight moisture and luckily the sun came out early for me to dry it. It was already bright and sunny as i rolled out at 8, saying sayonara to my fellow camper, a local couple. still following route 275, the scenery looks very much the same all along,passing thru' towns of Urausu,Shin-totsukawa,Uryu,Hokuryu and finally at a very small train station in Fujiyama some 8 km before my targeted coastal town of Rumoi. The time was already quite late at 4 pm, the sunset early in Hokkaido and gets dark by 5.30 pm. I saw a small building seems abandoned ,when i turn in to check, it was a train station with a small room but big enough for me to camp,moreover there is nobody around, and the important thing is the power socket is working, so i can charge up all my gadgets, when i started fire up my stove to boil make a hot coffee and also use the hot water to wipe clean my body, all of the sudden, the train arrived but no one is getting down here, and a few more trains comes and goes, still no one is either getting in or out. I guess i just have to cook my dinner and sleep here, the train will stop running anyway. Tonight i am safe for the cold.
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Season for harvesting of padi

Season for harvesting of padi

Season for harvesting of padi








Season for harvesting of padi

Towards Bifuka on route 275










Many of these road station ( Michienoki ) signs for rest stop

Many of these road station ( Michienoki ) signs for rest stop

Facilities in the road station

Facilities in the road station

Facilities in the road station

Facilities in the road station

Hotel in the road station

Hotel in the road station



Rumoi is my next targeted desination

Fruits bought from the road stall

Fruits stall direct from the farm



Fujiyama train station which i thought is no more in service

Fujiyama train station which i thought is no more in service

Nice to stay overnight inside well protected from the cold

Reflective big mirror of the station

Have a picture first before the train arrive

Fujiyama train station which i thought is no more in service

Nice to stay overnight inside well protected from the cold

Setting up my kitchen outside the station


Red bean sardine,fried egg with ikan bilis,and a small piece of salted fish


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