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Winter is coming, but thankfully, we’re just one day away from Sapporo! Tomorrow marks our final stretch of the bike trip, and we could not be more excited. Hokkaido has been incredible, but has tested us with freezing temperatures, ongoing bike maintenance, and long days through the hills. We are now at 1,700km (just over 1,000 miles!) and have a final 100km day tomorrow to complete the journey. It's been a rollercoaster of bike maintenance for Jared’s bike, specifically. Af

I am currently eating popcorn and drinking what we’ve come to call “frog beer,” one of my favorite beers we’ve found in the local konbinis. It tastes like an IPA but is a little lighter than your standard West Coast IPA. It’s been a long rest day, and though I spent more than six hours working on my bike, we still found time to eat three incredibly tasty meals and make some new friends. It’s now 11:08 PM, and we’ll be setting off on our final week of biking tomorrow at 5:00 A

Hello from Kashiwazaki! We’ve now made it about halfway through our month-long bike trip from Kyoto to Sapporo and are feeling great. We’ve cycled through five prefectures: Kyoto, Fukui, Gifu, Nagano, and now Niigata, and have covered just shy of 900 km so far (892 km to be exact). In the first two weeks, we had the chance to dial in our bikes, settle into the rhythm of life on the road, and test out all our equipment. Weather-wise, we’ve been quite fortunate, with only two f