The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Night in the station square of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Morning in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk station square

Snow country slideshow

Eurasia Hotel where to stay

Morning and night in the station square

Tymovskoye airport

Chitose Saharin Airlines counter

Kotetsu taking a walk in the snow park

Abek standing on a bench in a snowy park

Thunderbird stuffed

Kotetsu touring the hall

A stone monument of Japan that was once placed on the border

Ainu costumes on display in the museum

Taxidermy of bears and the author

Sakhalin State Folk Magazine Museum

Sakhalin Regional Museum in Japan

City wall mosaic

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk station square

Russia and Sakhalin Island Flag

Only one hour from Sapporo

Saharin Airlines also changed from a propeller plane to Boeing

After the check-in was completed and
I had to wait for an hour for customs clearance,
the flight was canceled today due to
"aircraft improper maintenance".

This trip to Sakhalin Island is Takeshi Kokubo (Tokyo) 38)　
Introduced by an acquaintance in Alaska to a winter trip to Sakhalin Island ...

Why in winter again? I found out why I was tilting my head.

Experienced in polar travel around the world,
15 years of support for polar coverage

Climb to Mt. Everest (8848m)
　
With a strong ally who is also participating in the 41st
Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition Survey Team

His next plan is to run 1100km in Sakhalin in winter

Do you have a body with such an adventurer?

Although he complained about the poor response of the staff,
many passengers agreed and all the conditions for requesting dinner and breakfast were understood,
but the in-flight meal "Sandwich" was distributed for dinner.

We greet the morning in a shabby room.

I also confirmed with my own eyes
that about one-third of the natural gas transportation work
from the north end to the south end of the island was completed.

The natural gas liquefaction business is progressing,
and many major Japanese trading companies are also expanding.

The town is a fur coat fashion show　
High heel boots and fur hat even on snowy roads

Good style and many beautiful people　
If you look at it, you may be caught on a snowy road

The stone monument on the border at that time
is quietly exhibited at the Local History Museum.

Japanese and Koreans are sleeping
in the communal graveyard on the outskirts of the town.

After the underground resources were confirmed,
remarkable development progressed and prices and monetary values rose.

From Moscow Sakhalin 9000km away(1875) was the hellish island
of prisoner exile as the "endmost" island

As a result of the Russo-Japanese War (1905),
the provincial capital, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,
became Japan's "Toyohara" south of 50 degrees north latitude,
and the Karafuto Agency was located there.

August 1945 The Soviet Union entered the war against Japan,
and South Karafuto was merged with the Soviet Union.

50km from Cape Soya,
the northernmost point of Japan You can see the island with the naked eye on a sunny day

Both Japanese and Russian people have lived
for hundreds of years.

My dad was stationed in Sakhalin during World War II,
so I wanted to visit him once.

Today, it is a Russian territory,
but at that time it was a Japanese island called Sakhalin.

Visited as a commemorative island
for the 50th island of the Earth

Finally arrived at Sakhalin Airport one day late

I wear winter shoes up to -30 degrees with Kotetsu,
so it's not a big deal at -5 degrees.

At first, I managed to persuade my wife who was reluctant
to participate only in Sakhalin's trip and accompany her

Women especially avoid places with bad toilet conditions

The local toilet situation is not so bad,
but when I go out I use an instant toilet by digging snow

Check-in to the hotel "Eurasia" safely in 30 minutes
from the airport

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