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Roads of dandelion ---northern land in spring
(Total Data, Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,)

Last updated on Dec. 17, 2004

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Start from my apartment! (AM 8:55)	in front of the Yokohama Station (AM 9:13)
	This time I took a train from Yokohama to Kisakata.
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	Packing was finished. (AM 9:39)
	You must pack your bike in a carrying bag if you ride on a train in Japan. (Related content)
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From Yokoham to Tokyo by local train.
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	Tickets from Yokoham to Kisakata
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From Tokyo to Shinjo by super express "Shinkansen TSUBASA".
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station(box) lunch "Ekiban" in a train	bicycle on a deck of Shinkansen TSUBASA
	In TSUBASA there is a place for ski on a deck, because it goes to north part of Japan, so many people carry their ski in winter. It is good for pack of bike.
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view from a train (TSUBASA) (PM 1:43)
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change train to Mogami-gawa Line at Shinjo Station (PM 2:15)
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via Sakata
	at last I reached Kisakata
	finished assembling bike
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cycling around Kisakata town
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the biill and matchbox of Hotel City Palace (Business Hotel) in front of Kisakata Station	bed in Hotel City Palace

DATA on Apr. 29, 2004

Weather	fine
Route (prefecture)	Yokohama(Kanagawa) -- (train) -- Kisakata(Akita)
Distance	20.26 km
Time	1 hours 21 minutes 37 seconds
Average speed	14.9 km/h
Max. speed	unknown
Difference of altitude	unknown
Note	Route 1 (from Yokohama to Odawara) is very flat road. Don't worry about up and down.
Accommodation [charge]	Hotel City Palace (Business Hotel) [5,250 yen for only room (breakfast is about 1000yen)]
Diary	I drank untill AM 4:00, but I got up at AM 7:00 miraculously. All the way in a train, I slept. In the Mogami-gawa Line high school girl sitting in front of me, was eating rice ball and studying English with drill note. It was pretty. In Kisakata I met the landlady and her mother of Hotel City Palace since last summer.