Cycle Around Japan - Southern Hokkaido: A Perfect Summer Ride

Cycle Around Japan - Southern Hokkaido: A Perfect Summer Ride

James Hobbs rides from Hakodate to Cape Kamui, crossing coastal roads, mountain passes and farming towns. He helps dry kombu, samples Hokkaido gelato, learns local crafts and discovers warm rural hospitality.

Cycle Around Japan – Southern Hokkaido: A Perfect Summer Ride

A university professor cycles 550 kilometres across summer Hokkaido, meeting craftsmen and testing local foods while tracing the island’s pioneer spirit. This episode continues our Japan by bicycle series, a string of rides that treat the road as the thread tying together places, people and traditions. On this trip James Hobbs, a university professor from England who has lived in Japan for 26 years, tackles summer Hokkaido, a 550-kilometre route…