It took me four hours by express train to get from Sapporo to Kushiro… Kushiro is little-known, tidy town in the south-east of Hokkaido Island. Youth hostel is located here quite far from the station so I decided to try Japanese -business hotel- It is worth to know: paying only 600 yen more you get single room with private bath, fridge and TV, yukata cloth and unlimited usage of internet…
It is Palude Hotel – just 3 min walk from the station…
Kushiro area is known for its white cranes – one of the symbols of Japan. But I was traveling onward – to the easternmost point of Hokkaido – Cape Nosappu. At the beginning by futsu – local one-carriage train. Then by bus. I had sunny day! From the futsu window I saw on the way many deers… Then there is a bus from Nemuro to the cape.
And from the cape -where many monuments are erected – I saw Kuril Islands. Since the second war it is Russian territory, but claimed also by Japan since it is so close to Hokkaido…
Wonderful sunset on the elegant city bridge in Kushiro… It seems to be my last evening in Japan… Sentimental me… But I like Japan…
