Hokkaido 2019: The drive back to Sapporo
Having returned to Wakkanai, I found my rental car in the ferry terminal parking lot and started the long drive down to Sapporo. My car’s…
Hokkaido 2019: Cape Sōya (宗谷岬)
At the very northern tip of Hokkaido is Cape Sōya. This is the northernmost point in all of Japan and I arrived there after several…
Hokkaido 2019: Patchwork Road (パッチワークの路)
My second stop in the region near Biei was at Patchwork Road. Like Panorama Road, Patchwork Road is not so much an individual road as…
Hokkaido 2019: Panorama Road (パノラマロード)
After escaping the city traffic of Sapporo I drove for a few hours deep into the interior of Hokkaido. The rain from the dying typhoon…
Driving in Hokkaido
Though my 2019 trip wasn’t the first time I had driven a car while overseas, it would be my first time driving in Japan. Additionally,…
Japan-Korea 2019 Itinerary Ideas: Hokkaido Region
It’s time for the third installment in my series of itinerary ideas for my potential trip to Japan and Korea later this year. In today’s…
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Jeju Island: Life on the Road
About 55 miles south of the Korean mainland is the island of Jeju. A friend of mine who used to live in Korea had suggested…
