Hokkaido Touring Day 16: A Short Break

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I decided to take it easy today for a series of nights. All devices were able to fully charged. I ate ramen for breakfast and never get tired of it.
There is a power supply and I can relax because I don't need to ride a bike. So I checked out the video and photos I took. The digital camera's on-board bicycle images and hand-held videos are blurry and no good. After all, if I'm going to use this digital camera, I need a gimbal.

I worked on the data until 9 AM and then headed to the roadside station. There are a lot of scenic places to go around. At the roadside station there were plenty of veggies to choose from, and I got a few sticks of broccoli, zucchini, eggplant, etc. Wherever I go in the world, I can enjoy buying vegetables at the local market. When I was back to the town, the children's mikoshi (portable shrine) festival had started.

In the afternoon, I put a mat on the grass in the shade of a tree and read a book on my iPad. Then a cyclist came back to the lodge. He was a tall man on a chrome-molly randonneur style bike. I was surprised that he is 70 years old. I heard that he used to do mountain climbing and triathlons when he was young, now he only swims and bicycles, and he comes to this park every year. We talked about all kinds of bicycles and equipment, and we hit it off. It's a great way to stay young and energetic, even at our age, with a bike!

I went to the festival at 7 PM. It was an old-fashioned japanese summer festival with Yosakoi dancing, traditional drumming, mochimaki (rice cake throwing), and fireworks.

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Around Nakagawacho Forest Park 20km