I took INTERCEPTOR 650 to the Northern-most Point of JAPAN | Ep 11 - THE WILD NORTH
Welcome to our Japan road trip episode 11. We started this trip from Tokyo where I took Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 and went on a road trip across Japan There was no plan for this trip, but just a goal to reach the northernmost point of Japan. And now our destination was only 30 km away. After this unique adventure of 10 episodes, it was finally time to stick our sticker on the northernmost point of Japan, Cape Soya. But this journey was still a long way to go. Because we had to take the motorcycle back to Tokyo.
And after leaving Cape Soya, in this episode itself we'll lose our way so bad that it'll end up being the best adventure of this trip so far Before starting the video, let me tell you the route of today's video. We will start from a city called Wakkanai, from where we will go 30 km away, Cape Soya. After this, we will take a small detour to Path of White Shells which is literally a road made of a seashell.
And then we will take the expressway and go 400 km away to the capital of Hokkaido, Sapporo. There is no selfservice here. There is a lot of table service. I mean, order and come, and the manager will give such crazy service at McDonald's. She is coming to the table in a hurry. I mean, you place the order there, but now I need ketchup.
She came in such a hurry that she is looking at everyone at every table to see if the food is good or not. The best burger of McDonald's that we got is FilletOFish. Everywhere in the world. I mean, I like it a lot. But here is EbiOFish, which is prawns patty instead of fish patty.
FilletOFish is better as well. FilletOFish with cheese. There is no cheese in it. So, this is the meal. Instead of cold drink, I took coffee. This meal is Rs. 350.
I have been watching McDonald's for 1.5 hours. This enthusiastic manager and the entire staff of McDonald's is so enthusiastic. They are coming to drop people outside. I mean, she is the manager.
She is bringing food in the car. She is taking pictures of people outside. She is saying goodbye to everyone outside as if they are her relatives. She has said bye to me thrice. She is seeing that I am standing outside for a long time. I was trying to dry my gloves.
But they are so wet that they won't dry. It has become very cold. Look at this.
It can be attached without it as well. I liked this item a lot. And this is a button. I mean, it doesn't look like a button.
But it can be pressed anytime. Especially when it is attached to your chest on a magnetic mount. A lot of times, when it is attached to a table or anywhere else, it turns on.
You don't even know. You can hear the sound. Still. We don't know where to go. We have started the bike. Let's take a left.
We have to ride along the sea. Let's take a left as we are in the left lane. Let's stop on this side and see. We are done. McDonald's was good. I ate two burgers!
I thought let's eat one more I don't know when we will get to eat after this. It is mind blowing cold. That side looks good. There is a bit of sunshine. Let's park here for a minute. The road is good.
But it is an interesting match between Afghanistan and Australia. In 5 overs, 50 runs are required No, 40 runs. But there are 4 wickets left. Maxwell is also out. So we are thinking that we will stop after 5 minutes and watch the whole match. After that, we will go somewhere.
Because we don't have such a destination today. What I am thinking is reaching Sapporo, which is the capital city. It is very cold. This is the most number of layers I have.
I don't have anything more than this. I think we will reach Sapporo somehow. It is very far.
It is around 400 km. But we will reach Sapporo somehow. We will take a break tomorrow. It is expected to rain the whole day tomorrow. Let's see.
But time doesn't matter as we'll take the expressway But let's go first. The northernmost point is around 30 km from here. We will stop in the middle and watch the match. After that, we will show you the northernmost point. This is Crazy The thing is, Afghanistan wins Australia's game.
So the next game is Afghanistan vs Bangladesh. In which, Afghanistan has a lot of chances to win. Although, in the Asia Cup, Afghanistan defeated everyone. but lost to Bangladesh Now what will happen is, India is at 4 points. But if Australia defeats India, then Australia will also be 4 pts Afghanistan will also be at 4 points.
If India defeats Australia, then India will be at 6 points. So basically, there are very high chances that anyone can be eliminated. Oh man, they won.
Afghanistan won. In another episode of Random Japan. The red things you see here, which are getting passed, are actually cows. Look at the design of the cow. It is not at 60 FPS, else would have slowed down Oh, a monkey has also come. The cow turned into a monkey.
What a crazy wind is blowing. Oh man, what... Oh, it's very cold. Very very cold. Oh God.
Why do I do this? What kind of hobby is this? I want sunshine. You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy. When the skies are grey.
You never know dear. Take my sunshine. Only 5 kilometers left. And this is getting difficult. I mean, you won't know by just looking.
But oh man, they have come on a scooter. One thing I noticed in Japan, a lot of people take Honda's C90, C125, C110 type scooters to Japan. And I mean, they take a lot of stuff. I mean, they do touring, but they take a lot of stuff.
A lot. I think we are almost there. Oh my God.
A fisherman is surrounded by birds. Oh. What is this weather? Oh man. I have to go 400 kilometers in this cold.
I can't ride a motorcycle at 60 kmph. I need some climate change here. Please improve the climate here. The climate here is very crazy.
Oh. We are here. Soya chaap is here. Soya chaap is here.
Oh my God. Soya chaap is here. Soya chaap is here. Yeah. Oho Soya chaap.
Yoohoo. Soya chaap. This is a soya cape.
But it is like soya chaap. Oh. Biker.
Rider. Yeah. Soya chaap. Rider rider. Provider provider. Oh.
Dystopia. We are here. We are at the northernmost point. I am exhausted.
I am exhausted. Oh my God. How cold it is.
So. Should I pee before recording? We can see the lavatory. Lavatory. I will go and pee. Everything is automatic. An automatic door even in the toilet at the northernmost point.
And the bathroom is also automatic. Look. They have given a seat too if you're getting bored, you can ask someone to sit here. Automatic. Yeah.
Oh. We have made it to the top of Japan. Hello. Welcome to the northernmost point of Japan. And you can see. People are clicking photos at the back.
Which only means that it is an important point. Although it is just a geographical or political division. But as we all know. As humans, we love the division.
Although there is Russia. There are some islands. But because of politics in Russia. They are no more part of Japan.
If they were a part of Japan. Then this would not have been the northernmost point. And we would not have been able to come here by motorcycle. But now we are here.
And. All I can say. It is extremely cold.
And windy. And extremely extreme. But yeah. More importantly. We have made it to the northernmost point of Japan. So from the northernmost part of Japan.
Life is enjoy. Yoohoo. There is a statue of a man here, let's see who he is This guy is. Statue of Mamiya Rinzo, it's written in Russian too Mamiya Rinzo was ordered to explore Japan's northern reaches By the Edo Shogunate.
And is known as famous explorer of discovery of Mamiya Strait So basically this man's statue. He was an explorer of his time. We are also explorers. But he did some useful things. In the northernmost part of Japan. Which is there as well.
But Russia has taken it. So the Sakhalin Island above it. It is a very big island.
He established that it is an island. People thought it is a mainland. But anyways it doesn't matter now. Because it is with Russia now. There are many islands there as well.
Kuril Islands. So basically this mark, the Soya Cape one This is the, according to the board. This is the northernmost point of the freely accessible Japanese territory. The islands there area little controversial.
Japan claims that it is theirs. Russia doesn't need to claim like this. If it is Russia's, then it is. Now we should leave from here. It's too much. It's too much.
We won't be able to click the picture at the edge We will have to take it from here. Bro, I uploaded a video on Instagram. Everyone is saying that what happened to the voice? Then I looked at the face in the mirror today.
it doesn't look in good condition Now I had to go back to Wakkanai from here. But I saw a place on Google Map, Path of White Shell. Which was a small detour and was only 15 km away from here. So I left to see Path of White Shell. One last view from end of Japan. You can see Russia on good days but you can't see Russia.
Now the weather here got so bad that my mic also stopped picking up the signal. So I will explain the next sequence with narration. Now if you look at the photo of this road on Google Map, it will look like you have come to heaven. But after reaching here, it felt like you have come to the beta version of heaven. I hope lightening doesn't strike me It's lying here. but they don't look like white shells There are very few that are white What is this? Bro, it's a windmill. OMG
Very cinematic windmill. It seems like you're in a bad dream of Wes Anderson By the way, it could have been a good dream of Wes Anderson if I hadn't taken the wrong road. And I took a wrong road because I was making Instagram Story Now in this video, I had to take right at this point. But because of the video, I missed this turn and I went into the dream of Wes Anderson.
Where the way was not even on Google Map. I hope there are no bears! Now this area of this island has a lot of bears. And you must have seen in the episodes so far that .
how much I am afraid of bears Bear, bear. Not bears, but did see some deers It's going there. Oh no, the road is closed Bears may come, let's leave from here I won't be able to run in this cold.
My hands will freeze. Where is the deer? The deer was quite epic. Oh man. Camera wasn't turned on that time The deer ran like crazy What happened? It's a sign. That I must wear the rain cover.
Where did it go? Bear, bear, bear. The bear won't be here. Bear is more in areas with high trunk trees Looks like there is a lot of wildlife here though Google shows there is no road here. I don't know where I am Seems like we took a wrong turn long way back Let's get out of here first. From the wildlife.
How did I take a wrong road? And not deers, I also saw a reindeers too The jungle has come. Oh man, it's a lot of wildlife here. It's not a deer, but a reindeer Oh my god, the whole family. Oh man.
Is that why there was a 'No Entry'? I hope there are no bears, there are some animals near the trees Let's go far from these trees I don't even want to stop for pictures The path of the white trail should have been white. But everything was white here. And this path was not even on the map. And I didn't know which direction to go. We have come somewhere else.
Now I am very sure that I am lost. How can you get lost in Japan? I was going in the direction of the sea because I thought this trail would connect to the road from which I came. Oh man, this ridge is over. This is now dangerous also. This is a ridge with a valley on either side. I thought we are going down towards the sea.
But we came back up. Now it's going down again I think I will have to go back all the way For about an hour, I was wandering on different trails in the hope that some way will lead to the coast But I couldn't understand anything. I am stuck now! Let's leave... What is happening man Is the chain okay? Let's get out of here.
This has gone beyond. If we get stuck here, we will get stuck here. No one will come to save us. And bears can also attack But then the weather started getting worse and the visibility also became very low. Then when I saw a bird flying in reverse I thought this is the sign of going back. Let's stop being Columbus and go back in the direction of Cape Soya.
Finally, we reached the Tpoint from where I took the wrong path And I realized that this is the result of making a IG story. A board was clearly written here that there is a path of white shells 4 km from here to the right. And what is written on the sign board of Japan is never false Exactly after 4.3 km, the road changed from tarmac to a path of white shells So we have made it to the path of white shell. We have finally made it. It took us a lot of time to reach here.
We were only 30 minutes away from here and we left at 11 am. And it's 4.30 pm now. And indeed, this is made with white shells, you can see. I am not lying.
Look, our motorcycle is looking so good. The road is going so well. The road is going from there, oh, a car is coming Tourists are coming here.
Where we had gone, there were no tourists. There were deer and maybe bears too. Oh, man! I think there is a spot ahead where it is marked on Google Map So let's stop there because it is very cold here. But yes, we made it to the path of white shell. It looks like the road to heaven is under construction now. And the road is not of tarmac, but it is made of white shells It is so beautiful.
What is this world, man? Crazy! Crazy! Beautiful! I can see the sea at the end. This is the area of bears. Oh, wow! This was a very beautiful stretch.
We will have to do it again. This is crazy. The end was beautiful. Beautiful end. I think starting from there and ending here was very beautiful.
Now we have come to the sea shore. We have to go back to the city. I will put my electronics on charging now We will reach the city in half an hour. Let's decide what to do there. Here in the supermarket, there is a fridge everywhere. There is also a hot fridge here.
I grabbed a coffee and it was hot. I didn't want to drink it. I wanted something hot. It felt so good. My hands were frozen.
Hot fridge may be the greatest thing. I don't want to drink until it is hot. So that it stays hot. Let's do it like the Kashmiri people do. Here.
Oh, oh! It's like a pancake. It's very common here to eat things with cream inside Let's see what's inside this looks like a potato It's sweet potato Pancake stuffed with sweet potato. Not bad. Now we have to decide where to go It's cold here.
But it will rain all day tomorrow. By the time I left from here it was already 6 pm and Sapporo was 400 kms from here And somehow I got lost again Oh man! I left the whole expressway and went to the other road where the expressway ends I got back on the expressway and came back to the same place I took the wrong side of the expressway Shit man! I got drenched in the rain and after 1.5 hours I am back here What the fk man! What the fk! Then at 11 pm I reached a city called Nayoro which is 170 kms away from here I booked a room for Rs.5000 and slept there When I woke up in the morning, it was already raining Then I digested the buffet breakfast with the thought that I have to ride 200 kms in the rain and left for Hokkaido's capital Sapporo It was a difficult day because of the weather and that's why I didn't take any special footage Then in the evening when I reached Sapporo, I was shocked to see the city lights After living in the wilderness for so many days, I felt like I have left the world of Flintstones and entered the world of Jetsons In the next episode, we are going to do two crazy things First of all, we will go to Yubari and eat the world's most expensive and tastiest melon After that, we will sit in a 16 hour boat with that melon which will take us from Hokkaido to the center of Japan just a few hours away from Tokyo and we will finally get relief from Hokkaido's dangerous weather So see you soon in episode 12
2024-10-16 14:03
