The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

I sleep in a sleeping bag

Mr. Kokubo

Road maintenance of Nikolai's house

Nikolai, Kotetsu, wife Galina and me

Nikolai's toilet is in the back of the garden

Town is a fur fashion show

Me practicing hunting

The fur of me and Nikolai / stray dog is very warm

Supper tonight

Blueberry saves summer minutes all year round

Duck and potato soup "Sherpa"

Nikolai's wife Galina

Sakhalin beer

Straight vodka after the sauna

Nikolai's sauna ・ Mix hot water and water and pour it on your head

Nikolai's house

Come on! Do you want to turn back?

Tractor driver signals the end of snow removal work

Wonderful snow scene

Drivers discuss what to do

The snowplow is a Japanese car

Sometimes he gets off the car and check the wiper etc.

Nikolai's house

Driver's seat of my car

Near Nikolai's house

Nikolai's favorite car is Z-69 type

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From Tymovskoe

The Russian beauty is tall and her waist is tight and fair.
They also look good on mink fur.

Snow country feet are high heels and leather boots.

I fell in love with the fur "fashion show".

The more you drink, the more often Kokubo goes to the bathroom.
There is a toilet "5 rubles at the entrance"
and a sticker in the shack 30m away.
His grandson wrote it in a joke.

"How about the taste of duck?"
I laughed and shook my head a little.

Russian food is generally oily.

There is also a week to drop butter on rice and eat it.

It's a natural diet in this cold weather.

If you were thinking about dieting,
you wouldn't be able to live.

The taste of Sakhalin beer to drink after sweating.
It rubs the throat and slides down into the stomach.

Close your eyes for a while and say "Harasho"
(Russian is fine).

I forgot that Russian beer
has a strong beer and I drank too much.
My face is bright red.

Sakhalin night with tipsy help
from the tiredness of the night train.

Tonight's Russian food is "Shurpa" (duck and potato soup)
Vodka from Sakhalin and strong beer.

A homemade sauna was completed before dinner.
A "pretty sauna" that can accommodate 5 to 6 people.

This is my first experience with a sauna in the snow.

If you use a footbath, you will sweat quickly.
Make hot water with boiling water and water and bathe from your head.

"Hmm! It feels good."
When it gets hot, cool your body in the snow,
"it is good for the trip It comes out from the core
of the body with a warm shirt.

The shiny cheeks are shining on Kotetsu after the bath.

Tonight's treat is nothing better than a "sauna".

I'm offered to go to Nikolai's house tonight.
"Do you like sauna?" Of course, I love it.

I didn't mind the bad road to turn back.

Tonight, we have a cheers
with vodka and Sakhalin beer.

A few times, my wife Galina (55) and her mobile phone
communicated and announced a sudden visitor.

The penetration rate of mobile phones in Sakhalin are still high.

The weather is perfect, but there is more than 1m of snow.
He goes to and from the snowplow,
but the car body has "KOMATU" written on it,
which is also made in Japan.

It is impossible to go any further,
so I'm consulting with other car drivers.

Snow removal work is stopped here and a cold notice is given.

I was relieved in my heart.

I was wondering if my lower back would have more pain.

The cushion is unexpectedly bad on the snowy road.
Sometimes a shock comes to my waist.
The outside is -15 degrees Celsius, and the wiper freezes on the falling snow.

Sometimes it is necessary to stop the car and clean the wiper.
The proud "Gazou 69" jeep was made by the Soviet Union in 1953,
and its engine is strong.

"Eh! The engine is made in Japan"
All repairs are done by himself. 　

He is proud of his car because it is a Japanese engine.
Snowy road from October to May.

Two days ago,
it was a blizzard.

nicoThe used clothes collected with the cooperation of NPO EWS (Tokyo)
will be carried 160km (about 6 hours) on a snowy road from Tymovskoe
to Viafutu village with Mr.Nikolai's jeep.

There is nothing but private houses and public buildings
of the ethnic minorities "Evenki" and "Nivkh".

The only thing waiting is the frozen "Mamiya Strait".
Mr.Kokubo crossed the Strait of Tartary alone in December 2003.
Run through (100km).

The supper party is lively and lively.
No one comes to the negative world of winter.

"Do you like the cold?"
Nikolai says, "Please come next summer,"
in a tongue twister. >

On a happy Sakhalin night,
I fell asleep in a "sleeping bag"
where I slept for the first time.

To the Phantom Viafuto Village