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An incredible start to our cycling trip from Hokkaido to Kyushu. After a visit to the hot spring in the airport, we assembled our bikes and were on our way along a rail trail to Lake Shikotsu. Autumn is on the same timeline here as it is at home. The trail feels at times like peddling alongside the Humber if Grizzlys roamed the banks. Bear warnings keep us alert. Foxes and deer run across our path. Houses are smaller as are the cars. We had a good day of acclimatizing to time and riding on the left. Tomorrow we head to Sapporo.