Success! Arrived at Cape Soya

Got up in the rain. Broke camp at 0530. The first 45 miles were in driving rain and a 30 mph headwind.
Terrain was like the dark side of the moon. Nothing to see.
We arrived in Wakkinai at 1130, dropped some of our gear at the hotel and had the rest of the gear shipped via Black Cat (Kuro Neco).
We then pace lined the remaining 14 miles to the cape.
Victory.

Day 12 in the bag

95 miles today. My leg held out fine .Painful but fine. We are at the onsen now. Clean, dry and ready to set up our tent and eat.
Only one more day of riding left. Tomorrow we will ride 55 miles to cape Soya then 18 more back to Wakkinai to our hotel and plane back to Tokyo.
Hard to believe we are so close.

Slight setback

My left thigh is getting a bit more painfull today. Only 70 miles to go. Joy.

Break @ 45 miles; day11

Quick stop for a beer. Look , no robes. ;-)

Day 10; Epic Day

We rode nearly 150 miles today. In the rain .Very difficult . Legs are very sore . We are about 36 miles outside Sapporo . Now to bed .

Day 9; Rest day

This may be the last post for a couple of days. Day 10-12 are in a very remote part of Hokkaido and we may not get much of a chance to get online. We will be shipping some of our stuff back to Yokota today. Things we did not use and probably won't over the next 5 days. Here are some photos of oour ferry ride yesterday and other things that mey be of interest. Also here is the map for day 8;

Dinner at the Crab House!

Cracked crab legs and rice. Bounty of the sea.