Cycle Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido

Make your own way to the joining hotel in Shirogane Onsen. Our guide will meet you at 6:00pm at the hotel to fit the bike and explain about the tour. Tonight, we are staying in the famous Hot spring region which is situated at the foot of the active volcano, Mt. Tokachi. If you arrive earlier, you can enjoy a short walk on the trail from our hotel.

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We start our day with a nice long downhill through the beautiful forest along Hokkaido silver birches towards the town of Biei. Biei is famous for its picturesque landscape of gently rolling hills and vast fields. We will be visiting a few of the landmarks of the area, such as a beautiful flower park called Shikisai no Oka, a Unique set of trees on Mild Seven Hills, A single tree on a farm named Christmas tree, and many others along the way. After lunch, we will visit one of the lavender farms in the area. We continue riding backroads towards our accommodation in Furano.

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Leaving Furano town, we cycle in a flat farming area and gradually into the mountains by the river. Going upstream, we come across beautiful Lake Kanayama and keep cycling along the lake. We stop at lakeside for morning tea with listening to the sound of the wind and birds singing. At the end of the lake, we have "Road Station" rest area which has restaurants and shops for our lunch to charge energy for the afternoon climb. This is the first mountain pass of the trip, called Karikachi Toge, from which we can enjoy the magnificent view of Tokachi plain. Tonight's accommodation has a natural hot spring Onsen, we can relax and heal our tension from the mountain ride.

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We cycle through hills at the edge of Tokachi plain in the morning and have a break at Road Station for morning tea before start to climb. We take some back roads through farmland, then cycle up to Shirakaba pass. After the pass, we cruise by beautiful Shikaribetsu Lake and continue to Lake Nukabira. Our accommodation tonight is run by a lovely family, they renovated a historical hotel into modern Japanese-style accommodation. Outdoor Onsen here will be the highlight of the day.

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Today, our challenge is conquering the highest mountain pass on the road in Hokkaido, called Mikuni Toge with an elevation of 1139m. From Lake Nukabira to the pass, we can enjoy a fantastic view of Kumaneshiri mountain range and dense woodland on its foothill. After having morning tea at the viewpoint of the mountain pass, we cycle down to Lake Taisetsu and start to climb up to Sekihoku mountain pass. Picnic lunch at the summit, then rewarding 10km downhill all the way to the finishing point of the day. We transfer by our van for 10km as there are a series of narrow, dark tunnels. Our accommodation is in the Sounkyo Gorge, where you can see many cliffs, rocks and waterfalls. It has also a geothermal hot spring, we soak ourselves in the onsen to relax all the muscles from the cycling.

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We say farewell to Daisetsuzan national park and cycle towards Asahikawa city. We cycle along Ishikari river, which is the longest river with 268km. There is a cycling road by the river, we ride at a leisurely pace on a flat road. We will finish at one of the best Sake breweries in Japan to visit. You can learn how Japanese Sake is made and taste several best Sake from the brewery.

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The tour finishes after breakfast today. Our hotel is near Asahikawa station, you can take the airport bus to Asahikawa airport or take the train to Sapporo.

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