Sapporo north to Cape Sōya, the top of Japan, then down the Sea of Okhotsk coast to Hakodate.

Day 00Montreal to Sapporo—10 OctDay 01Sapporo6 km12 OctDay 02Sapporo to Naie70.7 km13 OctDay 03Naie to Kamifurano78.5 km14 OctDay 04Kamifurano to Biei26.8 km15 OctDay 05Biei to Pippu62.9 km16 OctDay 06Pippu to Bifuka91.4 km17 OctDay 07Bifuka to Hamatombetsu93.3 km18 OctDay 08Hamatombetsu to Cape Soya63.3 km19 OctDay 09Cape Soya to Hamatombetsu70.0 km20 OctDay 10Hamatombetsu to Esashi37.2 km21 OctDay 11Esashi to Omu56.0 km22 OctDay 12Omu to Numanoue59.2 km23 OctDay 13Numanoue to Abashiri93.5 km24 OctDay 14Rest Day in Abashiri20.1 km25 OctDay 15Abashiri to Shari48.4 km26 OctDay 16Shari to Shibetsu58.3 km27 OctDay 17Shibetsu to Rakuyo75.8 km28 OctDay 18Rakuyo to Cape Nosappu40.6 km29 OctDay 19Cape Nosappu to Attoko60.2 km30 OctDay 20Attoko to Kushiro90.1 km31 OctDay 21Kushiro to Shiranuka42.9 km1 NovDay 22Shiranuka to Otofuke91.0 km2 NovDay 23Otofuke to Obihiro28.4 km3 NovDay 24Obihiro to Shimizu42.6 km4 NovDay 25Shimizu to Hidaka47.2 km5 NovDay 26Hidaka to Tomakomai108.2 km6 NovDay 27Tomakomai to Muroran64.6 km7 NovDay 28Muroran to Toyoura52.4 km8 NovDay 29Toyoura to Mori106.2 km9 NovDay 30Mori to Hakodate43.9 km10 Nov

Across the Tsugaru Strait by ferry, then south through Morioka and Sendai to Shirakawa.

Day 31Hakodate to Aomori25.1 km11 NovDay 32Aomori—12 NovDay 33Aomori to Shichinohe66.8 km13 NovDay 34Shichinohe to Numakunai84.0 km14 NovDay 35Numakunai to Morioka41.3 km15 NovDay 36Morioka to Hanamaki53.3 km16 NovDay 37Hanamaki to Hiraizumi69.9 km17 NovDay 38Hiraizumi to Sendai96.1 km18 NovDay 39Sendai to Sendai25.4 km19 NovDay 40Sendai to Soma92.5 km20 NovDay 41Soma to Nihonmatsu62.9 km21 NovDay 42Nihonmatsu to Shirakawa73.8 km22 Nov

Over the pass at Nikkō, a week in the capital, then along the coast and up into Hakone.

Day 43Shirakawa to Nikko90.1 km23 NovDay 44Nikko to Utsunomiya32.4 km24 NovDay 45Utsunomiya to Chofu (Tokyo)131.0 km25 NovDay 46–48Chofu to Mitaka (Tokyo)3.7 km26 NovDay 49Mitaka to Yokohama42.8 km29 NovDay 50Yokohama to Fujisawa40.0 km30 NovDay 51Shibuya and Mitaka by Train—1 DecDay 52Fujisawa to Gora65.2 km2 DecDay 53Gora to Hakone13.4 km3 Dec

The old Tōkaidō down the Pacific coast, through Shizuoka and Nagoya to the Kiso river.

Day 54Hakone to Utsunoya103.4 km4 DecDay 55Utsunoya to Shirasuka97.3 km5 DecDay 56Shirasuka to Nagoya97.9 km6 DecDay 57Nagoya to Kaizu35.5 km7 Dec

Lake Biwa down into Kyoto, then Uji and Osaka.

Day 58Kaizu to Maibara44.2 km8 DecDay 59Maibara to Kyoto69.2 km9 DecDay 60Kyoto to Kyoto36.2 km10 DecDay 61Kyoto to Uji18.7 km11 DecDay 62Uji to Osaka39.8 km12 DecDay 63Osaka33.4 km13 DecDay 64Osaka27.4 km14 Dec

The last island: Kitakyūshū south to Hitoyoshi, ending on Christmas Eve.

Day 65Shinmoji to Kitakyushu25.6 km15 DecDay 66Hiroshima by Train—16 DecDay 67Kitakyushu to Fukuoka68.6 km17 DecDay 68Fukuoka to Imari74.1 km18 DecDay 69Imari to Kosaza65.2 km19 DecDay 70Kosaza to Higashishitsu83.5 km20 DecDay 71Higashishitsu to Nagasaki24.9 km21 DecDay 72Nagasaki to Isahaya35.5 km22 DecDay 73Isahaya to Kumamoto61.1 km23 DecDay 74Kumamoto to Hitoyoshi58.6 km24 Dec