Nemuro Peninsula & Cape Nosappu — EasternmostJapan.
Distance
160 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
400 m
Nemuro Peninsula & Cape Nosappu — Easternmost Japan.
A remote day ride to the far eastern edge of Japan. From the fishing city of Nemuro the road runs to Cape Nosappu, the easternmost point reachable by road, where the disputed Habomai islets sit just offshore. The loop takes in the vast Lake Furen wetland and the surreal Notsuke sandspit with its ghost forest of dead trees. Wild, windswept, and far from the tourist trail.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance160 km
Days1
Total climb400 m
DifficultyModerate
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The route.
NemuroStart · Easternmost city in Japan. Fuel and stock up — services are sparse on the peninsula.
Cape NosappuPhoto Spot · The easternmost point of Japan reachable by road. The Habomai islets sit just offshore; the lighthouse is among the oldest in Hokkaido.
Lake FurenScenic Point · A vast brackish Ramsar wetland. Red-crowned cranes and whooper swans gather here; bald eagles in winter.
Notsuke Peninsula Nature CenterScenic Point · Japan's longest sandspit, curling into the sea. The "todowara" ghost forest of salt-killed trees is hauntingly beautiful.
NemuroEnd · Return to Nemuro. Try the local "escalope rice" — a Nemuro speciality.
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