Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 464 The North Pole (please vote for me)
After waking up in the hotel at Chiraibetsu Fishing Port, Hikaru Takikawa habitually dazed for a while to relieve his sleepiness and allow his consciousness that emerged from the darkness to adapt to the constraints of his body again.

She got up, washed up, and went to have breakfast. Instead of packing up and leaving, she walked to the fishing port and stood on the pier for a while.

Walking along the breakwater to the maximum depth allowed, facing the constant sea breeze, she looked back.

After walking for so long, she didn't see a ship going out to sea.

Compared with the macro-level reasons such as the decline of the fishery, she feels that the more direct reason is that the weather today is not very good.

The sky was gray and when she first woke up in the morning, she didn't see the sun.

Today is not a good day to go to sea or ride.

Especially since she had already ridden to such a desolate place - Chiraibie, the far north land only about [-] kilometers away from the northernmost point of Japan.

But because of this, she didn't want to stop now.

The goal was to ride around the island, but just focusing on this big goal, she couldn't persist for a long time. The journey of more than 2000 kilometers was divided into many stages of different sizes.

The place she was going to go to today was the end of this stage, the starting point of the next stage, and the middle point of this journey that she had not known when.

Takigawa Hikaru looked at the sky again. It was gloomy and gloomy, covering every corner he could see. It looked like it would rain at any time, but it might not rain all day.

She suddenly remembered that she had gone to Thirteen Lakes before, and the weather seemed to be like this.

No, when we set out that day, the weather was much better than now.

More than 20 kilometers, only half an hour's drive.

Let's talk about it first.

Back at the hotel, she put on her cycling clothes and protective gear, and took a photo in the mirror.

Light: [image]
Hikaru: Although the weather is not very good, we will definitely make it to Cape Soya successfully today!
Naruse: Usually people who say this in novels or comics...

Kazuha: They were all killed.

"Haha." Seeing the two of them cooperating with her, Takigawa Hikaru couldn't help but laugh.

Shangzi: Stop being so clumsy!

Starfish: Is it raining?
Light: Not yet, but the sky is already cloudy.

Light: Let me show you.

Light: [image]
Naruse: Isn’t it going to rain soon?

Guang: The weather forecast says it won’t rain until the afternoon.

Naruse: Are you sure you want to go out?Raining at the beach is no small matter.

Hikaru: So my initial plan is to stop when we reach Cape Soya.

Naruse: If you have to go out, don’t wait any longer and get going.

Naruse: You still have to be careful on the road.

Light: Got it!

After putting away her phone, a few more messages were sent, and the conversation was endless. She didn't even look at it, put on her helmet, and left the room.

After checking out of the room, she came to the hotel yard, checked her equipment and motorcycle again, got on it, turned the accelerator and set off.

Riding all the way here, there are fewer and fewer people, and there is only desolation on the road.

Except for some houses that can be seen when approaching the port, most of the time, all you can see is the raging sea, desolate mountains or fields, and seemingly endless roads under the wheels.

The sea breeze is blowing, and the white waves continue to cover the beach, one wave after another, and the turbulence never stops.

After riding for a while, the road bisected in front of a fishing port.Takigawa Hikaru glanced at it from a distance, but continued to climb up the gradually rising slope without passing by.

When she reached the top of the slope, she pulled over and pulled up her mask, looking at the fishing port below.

There were many fishing boats parked on the pier. As the waves continued to sway, a few figures walking nearby could be vaguely seen.Looking up again, the place where the sea and the sky meet in the distance is filled with a worrying gray color.

"It's terrifying..."

She muttered lowly, pressed down the mask, looked back, turned the accelerator and continued to set off.

Riding between two hillsides, the road sign next to it warned that there would be a series of sharp turns. Hikaru Takigawa also slowed down slightly and walked carefully through the mountains.

The sky was always gloomy, and the mountains and forests on both sides looked the same, seemingly unchanged. In addition, the road kept turning, and she had the feeling that she was spinning around somewhere.

After riding like this for several kilometers, the front suddenly opened up.

After riding forward for a similar distance, the sea, which was blocked by the mountains, reappeared in her sight.

The view becomes wider and more desolate.

She looked at a forest in the distance, thinking that even if some naked primitive people suddenly emerged from there, it wouldn't be strange in a place like this.

"Hmm...the primitive people of Hokkaido are the Ainu, right?"

Continuing to ride along the coastline, about ten minutes later, some buildings appeared on the roadside ahead.

Takigawa Hikaru's eyes lit up, she turned the accelerator, and the motorcycle under her quickly took her there.It’s not a building, it’s an area, and there’s even an extensive seafood processing plant out front.

After the processing plant, there are some warehouses and other buildings, and then various residential buildings suddenly become denser.

Although she didn't encounter any danger along the way, she was relieved to be back in a human settlement.

"It's finally here..."

And even if she didn't see some words on the buildings on the roadside, she realized that she had almost arrived at today's destination.

Two minutes later, three words without any other prefixes or modifications appeared on the roadside park parking lot sign.

【Cape Soya】

Turning into the parking lot and finding an empty space to park, Hikaru Takigawa got off the motorcycle and looked at the A-shaped triangular landmark ahead.

She had indeed reached the northernmost point of Japan.

"So ordinary..."

Without taking off his helmet, Takigawa walked to the landmark in a few steps.

【The northernmost place in Japan】

The monument to the Far North was placed on four steps, and behind it was a road sign with a two-way arrow. It felt cheap everywhere, and she couldn't help but say, "It's so ordinary."

After a long journey to get here, she found that her mood was much calmer than she originally expected.

"However, the journey was relatively smooth."

After taking a photo of the landmark in front of him, Hikaru Takigawa walked around behind the landmark and faced the Soya Strait in front of him.

woohoo-

There are no guardrails, and the piles underneath are stones that have been smoothed by the waves.

The turbulent waves continued to beat, splashing onto the stone platform during the turbulence. She stepped back, and the sea breeze made her unable to open her eyes, so she had to pull down the mask again.

"Terrible……"

When the waves are rough, they will swallow people up. When the weather is calm, the vast waves will make people feel confused and confused.

“The sea is scary, rain or shine.”

After looking at it for a while, Hikaru Takigawa took off his helmet and placed it on the stone platform.

Just thinking about it, she picked up the helmet again, held it with one hand, turned on the camera of her phone, found a place to hold the phone, and then took two steps back while counting down in her heart.

Looking at the camera, she raised her other hand and made a victory sign.

Say something...what should I say?

She glanced at the sudden huge waves next to her and smiled.

"It's terrible."

Click!

Returning to the landmark stone platform, she took another similar photo with her back turned. She looked at it and sent both photos to Naruse.

Light: [image]
Light: The sea is really scary.

Harumi: Aren’t you smiling happily?

Hikaru Takigawa smiled, put away his phone, and turned towards their motorcycle.

The weather was bad, and the radio in Soya Cape Park was circulating reminders to leave the beach as soon as possible. However, there were only a few tourists here, and they all stayed far away at this time, looking like they were ready to leave.

Back in the car, Hikaru Takigawa looked at the map. The target for the next stage was Cape Nosambo on the other side of Soya Bay.

It was nearly 10 kilometers from here along the bay. In this weather condition, she estimated that it would take three to four to [-] minutes to ride.

"Can you still hold on for 10, [-] and [-] minutes?" She looked at the cloudy sky, thought about it, and decided to go.

After all, it had only been about half an hour since she left the hotel. It would be too embarrassing for her to find a place to rest now and wait for the heavy rain that would fall at who knows when.

And unlike Cape Soya, a slightly desolate extreme point, the coast of Soya Bay is much more prosperous. Even if it rains suddenly on the way, she can quickly find a place to stay.

Putting on his helmet, Hikaru Takigawa started his motorcycle, stopped again when he was about to ride out of the park, and looked back at the landmark in the wind and waves.

woohoo-

choppy.

Starting from Hakodate, she rode along the east coast all the way to Wakkanai, the northernmost point. Her journey has come to an end.

"Chunhai, I'm coming back."

　Thanks to the leader of the book friend [Cat King_maizi], there will be an update tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)