Day 12 of Running the Length of Japan – Jozankei to Kimobetsu (41.59 km)
Yeah. [Music] [Music] [Applause] Heat.
After a rather restless and cold night, we decided to book a hotel 41 km away in Kimobetsu to aid with some of the data recovery. We knew there was a lot of uphill, and with Joy needing support pushing the Brompton, we set off early.
I’d expected us to get to the top around 12, but we arrived by 11 after a rather fun morning of being escorted carefully through a tunnel by the road-workers, who wanted to make sure we were safe. One worker ran 500m into the tunnel with us, before we were met by another who ran the second 500m.
We stopped for a roadside lunch before making our way down to the convenience store by the hotel. We kept a good pace on the way down, finishing around 3 pm. There, we met a couple of cyclists from Seattle who were cycling the length of Japan. It was great to chat to someone else on an adventure, although they are much faster than we are (we’re on day 12, they’re on day 4), so we won’t bump into them again on this journey.
We then went to our hotel to start the data recovery process while admiring the evening view of Mt Yotei. It looks like we’ve got all the data back that we need, but it’ll take us a while now to catch up and get it all sorted again.