Adventure in Hokkkaido: Day 2-Driving to the edge 1

I woke up earlier than the schedule. In the hostel room, there were four beds and the two were occupied. The earlier visitors were the middle-aged men and snored much while sleeping, but my sleep wasn't disturbed simply because my sleep was much deep. The deep sleep gave me a flesh wake-up and I went down to the lobby after taking a shower and dress-up. Well, actually my travelling outfits were very simple; quick-drying T-shirt (made of chemical fabrics), jeans, jacket and backpack, so it didn't take much time to transform myself from a sleepy-with-bed-hair version of me to the traveller mode.

At the lobby, the high school students were having a breakfast. Even in the early morning, they were too lively to chat loudly. I'm also younger in the society but their youth was astonishing. I felt that their liveliness was an ignission for me to enjoy my trip. I seldom have a breakfast in my daily life, and especially this day, I needed to hurry a bit to pick the rental car to go to Kamui Misaki Headland.

Kamui Misaki Headland is located in the west in Hokkaido and it is about three hours away by car from the central Sapporo. Having investigated on websites before the trip, local Sappro residents are likely to choose the headland for their one-day holiday. Those who had visited there told me that the view at the headland was more than being splendid and it would leave me breathless. I'm not a kind of heavy outdoor man but I like to put myself into the grand nature because awe to the nature or its creator (something great, the father god, Allah...whatever you'd like to call) run through my body. As Barbala Fredrickson, a phychologist specializing in positive emtions,  argues, "awe" helps me broaden and build my happiness. by feeling happy in front of the grand nature.

My friend in Osaka recommended me to go to the headland becasue of its easy accessibility (streightforward highway roads from Sapporo) and the splendid view. Besides, the area around the headland called Shakotan is famous for flesh sea urchin; the main industry in the area is fishery of sea urchin, so I could eat the tasty sea urchin! The local food is another spice to make the trip enjoyable.

I went to the car rental shop. The shop staff were all friendly and they instructed me on the rental procedures. In most cases, we need to refill the gas before we return the car to the rental shops but the shop I used was equipped with their own gas injector so I didn't need to drop by a gas station to return the car.

I rode on the car and started the engine. To make the drive comfortable, I connected my i-pod to the audio set. My favorite songs were being played. I was ready, and drove the car forward.

To be continued...