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Day 04: Kamifurano to Biei
I would have waken up to the splendour of a spectacular sunrise had it not been cloudy at dawn. The panoramic view from the top of the hill is truly spectacular: you can see the mountain range from afar and…
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Day 03: Naie to Kamifurano
We woke up before 6 am to the coldness of autumn morning. I had a sound sleep but my friend didn’t because of the noise from the construction site nearby. While cooking miso soup and other stuff to warm us…
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Day 02: Sapporo to Naie
Our enthusiasm to pack up early to catch the express train to Wakkanai was met with dejection: We were told our bike’s dimension was too large to be allowed on the train. Since I have both front and rear…
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Day 01: Sapporo
By the time we set up our bikes, it was already noon. We began our first bike ride in the heart of Sapporo, from our hotel to the train station tower nearby. There is a Republic of Ramen that groups…
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Day 00: Montreal to Sapporo
Getting into Japan was tricky. I landed in Tokyo’s Hanade Airport on 11 October, which is the first day Japan’s boarder reopened to solo visitors. At the exit, there are a lot of people holding posters waiting…
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Map & Final Itinerary
My friend and I (2 ladies) did our bike tour across Japan between October 2022 and January 2023. Here is our itinerary:
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Update On My World Peace Project
Following the success of my Ukraine project (or see this thread on this forum), this year I initiated another international philatelic project centered around the theme of peace. This second project aims at creating maxicards with peace-themed stamps, and the date of cancellation is…
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Equipment
Let’s take a look at the equipments I brought with me on this tour!
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Early International Responses to My Ukraine Project
A new webpage on this website has been published lately to serve as the official documentation for my Ukraine Cover / Maxicard Creation (2022) project. The idea of creating something philatelically worthy and historically significant using my War and Peace…