I Found theSigma Statue Place in JAPAN | Ep 9 - SIGMA-PUR
you might have seen this Sigma Emoji on the internet a lot. Some people might know that this emoji is actually derived from the Moai statue, which is on the Easter Island of Chile where I went 5 years ago. Now why am I talking about it? The series is going on in Japan.
So the thing is that I was in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, and I came to know that a replica of the Moai statue is also on this island. Now when I went to Easter Island to see the original, then it is necessary to go here. Welcome to episode 9 of my Japan Motorcycle Trip. In today's episode, we will go back from the east coast of Hokkaido to the west coast and see some beautiful roads, an amazing lake, and of course these Sigma statues.
So let's start. Hello, good morning. Good morning. Today's good morning is straight from the motorcycle.
Oh, it's crooked. It must be because of the video quality that the weather is very bad and there is no petrol either. Now we are in one of the small towns of Hokkaido th northernmost island of Japan. Thank you.
This is our hostel, Goodbye Hostel, aka NAO. And the name of this town is Noboribetsu. It's 11.15 in the morning. I started a little late. I mean, I thought I had to start late today.
Okay, we have to take a right now. We will take a right because their indicators are on. And the petrol has arrived, so let's fill it up first. Cash full. This is great. So basically, there is car wash, auto service, and chain lubricant at the gas stations.
Yes, yes, yes. This is a great job. Do I pay? Thank you. This is a great job. God bless Japan. You just have to ask the problem.
That is it. Now see, everyone will bow. He is showing me the way.
They are so nice people. What kind of people are they? Wow. I am walking very slowly, but I am okay.
I am in my slow lane. I am riding at 60. I will take some time to start the day Till I get a little active, let me tell you about last night Now, as I told you in the previous episodes, there was a lot of struggle for food in Japan. Because everything used to close early. So I went to this Nazarbattu city just to find a restaurant here But all the restaurants here closed at 7.30. At 7.45, only the light of a sushi place was on.
When I knocked there, I found out that it was also closing and going home. When I requested a little, the brother made me sit inside. Gave me a great sake. And gave such a solo performance to make sushi that leave food aside, I will pay 6000 just for this art. We found the Hattori Hanzo sword in a sushi place. Hattori Hanzo.
Yeah. Where is Hattori Hanzo? Yes. Recording stopped, insufficient storage. This is in 64 GB, I have used more.
Now you will not see the front footage of the whole day. And this is, I was praising Insta360. But the transfer rate of this...For 64 GB.
It took 48 minutes that day. So it's not like I open the laptop and transfer it. But anyways, the sushi was good, but he fed me so much. And he is feeding me sake on sake.
And in the end it was such that after eating so much raw fish, I thought I would get something cooked. So from there it was good, grilled salmon. Oh brother, what is this? I would like to see this, what is this? Oh my god, what the f**k is this? What is this bro? Where did this come? Fish. And a very big bear. Bear.
Bear's teeth. Sorry for the interruption. The bear had come. But in the end I thought that I have been scammed. I mean, he fed me so much.
So I thought that I would get a bill of Rs. 25,000-30,000. He thought that he can fool the tourists, so let's fool him. But then I thought that this is Japan, they won't do this here So the bill came, the bill came for Rs. 4500. I mean, the bill came a lot. But the items that he fed me, he fed me a lot. I mean, in Rs. 4500 in Gurgaon or Bombay, I don't think
that he could have fed me as much as he fed me. So it's fine, it was fair enough rate. And complimentary, he gave me such a big drink. I was totally drunk So I thought that I have to eat something sweet. So I went out to the supermarket.
And there I bought two big cream buns. After that, I came to the bed and I slept at 10 am. I slept at 10 am.
Wow. What kind of car is this? What kind of wheels are these? Weird. I have to take a left ahead.
Goodbye, sea. We didn't do anything special. We didn't even go to the water. So let me tell you a little bit about which map I am following You might have seen it in my reel that I was following a legendary Japanese rider's map.
He has ridden 300,000 kilometers of motorcycles in Japan. And has mapped the scenic routes of the entire country. In this, you will get to see the best camping spots, good viewpoints and the best roads of Japan from the lens of a motorcyclist There are three color roads for scenic routes in this map. Black, which are very beautiful roads.
Red, which are the favorite roads of this Japanese rider. And green, which have been marked by the Japan's roadways department as scenic routes. And really, all the roads I took in this map were very beautiful And now we were on a green road going towards Lake Shikotsu. So I think the government here has listed scenic roads. Because it was written on the entry of this road, scenic road This is a scenic route. Life is enjoy.
We are going from Chitose But I am not sure if this is the correct route. We just turned around after seeing the board of scenic route I hope we are going in the right direction. In another good news. I don't know what is the first good news.
But it's sunny. Wow. It's a very beautiful lake.
There was a viewpoint near the lake. They were taking parking money, so we didn't stop. But we are in the right direction.
We got to know this. Shikotsu, oh my god. Oh my god. The scenic route is really scenic. Why will we pay for parking? When here, oh my god. What a beautiful road.
Life is enjoy. Amazing. Amazing. It's amazing. Beautiful.
They are riding on Africa Twin with Insta360. Wow. People are risking their lives for taking photos. But wow, what a beautiful view, crazy.
Tripod is missing, otherwise it would have been better if we had put a tripod. But wow, what a beautiful view. This is our favorite, Africa twin. They had to do something for the road. Looj! How lovingly, I mean the country's politeness. Theme is politeness, courtesy, just crazy.
Look at this view man. We bought ice cream, it was a great viewpoint. And somehow you get ice cream at all the viewpoints here. I wanted something with flavors, but I could only order this Look at this view, beautiful. It's sunny too, what else do you want? People are fishing, there are mountains too. What else do you want in life? The water is amazing.
We have to go a little further. Oh, the waves are hitting my feet. What a moment, beautiful. Tripod was not missed today. A cutie uncle saw my struggle and came running to me.
He said, I make your videos, so I got more awkward. I think the wedding shoot is going on here. Beautiful couple, beautiful wedding shoot is going on. Lake Shikoko, Shikoko Hotsu.
It's 3 o'clock and the hope I had in the morning, I thought I would reach far by 3 o'clock. Where I thought I would reach by 12 o'clock. I just realized that place closes at 4 o'clock. And I haven't reached there. Weather is very beautiful, hopefully it remains like that. I don't understand this red road.
What does it mean? I think it means to go slow. What's so special about this bridge? It's 3.30 it will close at 4 o'clock. I realized that place because of the red light.
Sapporo Art House. Sapporo is the capital of this place. So I thought, where did Sapporo come from? I have reached. We've reached. The one behind me is also coming very fast.
Oh my god, these are real Moai statues. They are outside. Long time. We meet again on the other side.
If you follow me from before, then you might know that I went to Easter Island in 2019. And you can find some photos of this on my Instagram. In fact, I had made a video during Covid, which is a little awkward because it was my second vlog. But you can watch it if you want.
These are the Moai statues of Easter Island. And this is a skate park. What is this? And there is a giant Buddha there. We still don't understand why they are there.
We understood about Easter Island. This is just like that. I think the answer is because Japan. Now I want to tell you a little about Easter Island. Because there are very few people in the world who have seen these statues on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
Now the real Moai statues are quite mysterious. Because no one has ever understood how such big statues reached such strategic locations on the entire island. That too 800 years ago on an island where there is nothing thousands of kilometers away. It is believed that the Rapa Nui people here have made these by breaking stones with their own hands.
And took them to different corners of the island. Let me tell you that these statues were 30 feet high and 100 tons And there was no JCB at that time. These statues depict their ancestors. And tourists from all over the world come to see them.
Recently, these statues have been used a lot in social media And people also believe it to be Sigma male. Anyway, this was about Easter Island. But now the biggest mystery for me was how did these Moai statues reach Hokkaido Island in Japan? When I did some research, I found out that it was made in 1982 and even after 42 years it is so well maintained that it looks brand new. Whereas this place is covered under ice for 4 months a year. If I talk about the architecture, these statues are exact a replica of the statues of Easter Island.
And this whole area was so beautiful that you will start rolling in the grass What a beautiful grass! I feel dizzy. Is it too much? Now the most interesting thing was that where I was standing was actually a cemetry And these statues were in a cemetry And not just statues, there is also a stonehenge replica and a statue of a giant Buddha which was very beautiful Now after searching a lot on the internet, I did not find any logic that what are these statues doing in a graveyard 14,000 km away from Easter Island in Japan? The answer to this is that anything can happen in Japan. Today, this cemetery is also a tourist attraction and perhaps world's most mysterious and beautiful cemetery.
This is not Easter Island. This is Japan. Yoohoo! I was making video. Car, car, car. I can take yours. Yeah, yeah.
Okay. Oh, nice, nice, nice. Osaka. Osaka.
This is Osaka. Oh, okay. Home is Kobe. Okay.
You from Kobe. This is Osaka. Okay.
Jacket is from Osaka. My jacket. Nice. Nice motorbike, nice jacket.
Badass. I make videos. YouTube. Okay, YouTube. Yeah, yeah. Great.
Okay. So we have Easter Island. We met a great biker boy.
His crazy Harley Davidson. And he is from Kobe. Okay. And life is enjoy. Yeah.
Okay, yeah, yeah. Nice. Nice. Crazy.
Rapanui. Seeing my struggle without tripod, this Japanese guy helped me take some photos. And then I left for Hokkaido's capital Sapporo.
Hello, we are in Sapporo. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido. This is a big island. And this is the biggest city here. So I thought let's stay in Sapporo for a day.
Let's enjoy the city a little. See what's there. But then I thought today is a good weather.
And the weather is a little doubtful for the next 4-5 days. Let's do this. Where do we have to go? Fukagawa. Fukagawa. Konnichiwa.
Fukagawa. Fukagawa. I think this is connecting expressway. That's all.
You've to stop after toll to... put stuff in pocket, manage everything He took a toll of 160-170 rupees. So it is sure that this road connects to the main highway. That's why the toll is so cheap. Otherwise, it will take 2,500-3,000 rupee for 250kms Now Hokkaido is a very big island and I got to know about it after reaching there.
If I talk about the reference, it is 1.5 times bigger than Himachal Pradesh. And you need a lot of time to explore the whole island, which we didn't have for a change. And many times you get to know about these places after reaching there.
I was looking at this map and I said, okay, we will reach an island, we will do it there. Now it is 1000 km from here. But if you go 500 km from here, then 500 km from there, then 500 km from there, that means 2000 km will be like this in this island. You won't even know. So it's a lot of distance. And here you know, the distance is not being covered.
We are very slow. Everyone is overtaking us. just wait for some time I will overtake all of you Let me finish talking first Now all famous places of Hokkaido were in the northeast part But one day I got a message on Instagram that there is an island island in the north of Hokkaido - Rishiri Island where you get very good ramen.
And this thing sat in my mind. When I googled it, I was immediately convinced by looking at the photos of this island that I have to go here. And the second motivation was food, which I was not getting in Japan anyway. And food is such a thing for which I can go to any corner of the world. And now it was time to prove this.
So now we are thinking, fk it. We have put the northmost point of Japan on the map. We will go that way and cover 100-150 km by expressway.
The expressway does not go till there. The next 100-150 km is the expressway. After that, it is normal road. The toll is the same. So we thought that we are going there to eat ramen. Tomorrow we will reach the northmost point.
We will not reach today. And then we will take a boat from there and we will eat and come We will not come back without eating. After that we will see what we have to do.
So let's do it. Together we can and we will. Life is enjoy. The only problem is that the temperature on that island is showing 4 degrees.
Here it was 16-17 degrees. And we did not bring anything for cold. We have one jacket which is of the same quality. It is a light jacket. So this was it.
Now it will turn like this. Now the real toll will be here. This was the toll of the road that goes up to the toll.
Rs. 160. The ticket has come. Wait to put it in the pocket first. Then after riding the motorcycle for 2.5 hours, I reached a small town called Rumoi on the west coast at night. There was no special event on the way.
Just stopped at one place for sunset. The distance has been covered a lot. But a moment of enjoyment. Sun is setting goodbye for the day. And sun will rise again tomorrow in the land of rising sun.
Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh no. No, it will not fly. It's nice if the wind had stopped. What would we have done if it would have gone there? We would have enjoyed life.
I was standing here for 5 minutes when the police came And they told me that it is not allowed to stop at the expwy I think it was around 90 km. And the toll was Rs. 1200. It is crazy. At night I set up my tent on the seaside.
And went to a yakitori near the restaurant. Now because all the restaurants close at 7 o'clock. So you can get open yakitori in cities. Which are basically bars. But here you will get to eat Japanese food.
In the next episode, we will try to reach Rishiri Island and eat the Ramen. Which is also recommended in Michelin Guide. But the journey to this island was not that easy. See you soon in the next episode. I had set up such a good frame. It is falling from the wind There is no tripod today.
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2024-10-04 20:11
