In the summer of 1983, a young runner set off to cover the length of Japan on foot. The run started in Japan's southernmost city of Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu and finished in Hokkaido's Wakkanai city. Read about the runner's encounters along the way during the fifty-nine day journey through the western coastline of Japan. Entries will be added on a daily basis beginning June 11, 2006.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Good-bye Kyushu
June 23, 1983, Thursday
The run today started from Yahata Station at 9:30am. It was mostly sunny and partly cloudy during the run. Mr. Ito followed me in a taxi for the 30km to Shimonoseki. To go from Kyushu to the main island of Honshu, I had to run in an underwater tunnel. (No, I didn't see any fish!) The tunnel is a totally safe one and has a place for pedestrians. It's about 800 meters long. (See Photo) I finished running by noon after reaching the major milestone of Honshu.
I now feel like I've accomplished something by making it to another island. Tonight I'm staying in a Youth Hostel near Kanmon Bridge. I really want to run more mileage everyday, but I don't want to be rude to the running club members who are here to help me. I need to stick with the fairly conservative plan that does not involve the kind of high volume that I started with. I feel fairly confident that I'll make it to Wakkanai in early August if I don't get sick again. Or get flattened by a truck.
After running today, I weighed myself and saw that I am now only 58kg, down from 60kg at the start. That is a lot of weight coming off a skinny guy like me. It's OK, though. I'm feeling pretty good.
It's raining again tonight. I hope it stops by tomorrow morning.
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