It is usually about a two hour flight from Tokyo to Obihiro, but this time I chose a ferry to carry my small motorcycle with me. I left my home in Tokyo late afternoon on Saturday and arrived at the ferry terminal at night after riding for a hundred kilometers. I could have left a little bit later but I didn't like to suffer from rain. Fortunately, I didn't soak but I had to wait for hours at the terminal before the ferry departed in the midnight. I was almost sleeping in the bed while sailing and felt the ship considerably shaking. It was almost Sunday noon when I got up and the ship had just escaped from the cold front. The gray, foggy sky gradually turned into the clear, blue sky and my mood changed in the same way. It was in the evening when I arrived at Tomakomai terminal after a 19 hour cruise. I stayed in a small business hotel in Tomakomai in the night because there was another 200 kilometers left to Obihiro. It was really a long trip.
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