Cycling Teuri Island

Where exactly is Teuri Island?

(160km drive from Higashikawa to Haboro and a 40km ferry boat ride)

Fresh fish is extremely popular here, especially the sea urchin!

三色丼　(fresh salmon, salmon roe, and sea urchin)

Tempura for those who cannot eat raw fish :-)

It's only 10km around the island but lots of climbing!!!

Hundreds of birds make their homes in the sides of the cliffs.

My mini packable bike was perfect for this short trip!

Itsukushima Shrine

A very refreshing getaway to this small island!

Summer in Hokkaido

Heading into the gorge near Asahidake

Stopped by a small cafe near the Shikisai Hill in Biei

四季彩の丘

Cycling. Shirogane blue pond. "Aoii Ike".

This morning I left for a two-hour bike ride.

And suddenly I found this ...

I had to stop, I love this kind of stuff.

And got a message on my phone: 
I had the day off!

Then this image came out like a flash.

It was a pending issue.

Shirogane blue pond.

I took this direction. Mount Tokachi from Biei.

My gift day was perfect.

Even too hot.

In this cool place I consulted Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pond_(Biei)

"...is a man-made water feature in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the result of works on the Biei River (美瑛川?), carried out after the 1988 eruption of Mount Tokachi, to protect the town of Biei from volcanic mudflows. The colour is thought to result from the accidental presence of colloidal aluminium hydroxide in the water."

Man-made??? I did not expect. My interest increased and I pedaled again.

A berry plantation-shop!

I love berrys!

It's closed, it's not the right season...

Up hill.

2 kilometers!

I had never seen this color in nature. How beautyful! However, a strange feeling. It must be for the dead trees and the stillness of the water. Is it alive?

Colloidal Alluminium hydroxide eh? Ummhh...

There were many tourists and cameras. I looked for a quiet place to rest and make sense.

Yes, man-made. 

In any case, wonderful!

Can you see the white rabbit?

Going down was pleasant, fresh air on my chest.

But I had to stop here...

Because:

Biei's milk is excellent then soft cream...

On the way back I found this house in Biei.

It deserves to enter the collection "curious buildings" of Asahidake tours!

http://asahidake-tours.blogspot.com/2017/06/curious-buildings.html

See you on the next ride!

Hill Country

 Cycling the Rolling Hills of Biei

Nominated one of the "Most Beautiful Villages in Japan"

The "Family Tree"  (can you see the Papa tree, Mama tree, and Baby tree?)

Beef? Milk?

Grazing sheep

A new way to cut grass?

Leave it to this little guy!