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The wind might have changed a little.

I'm starting to catch its scent, too.

OARAI PORT FERRY

You're right. We're getting closer.

See?

It's the sea!

Just looking at the sea really fires you up, doesn't it?

It does!

Whoo-hoo!

Yoko, watch out!

Whoops!

The road is gone.

Just like we thought, the sea is spreading across this area, too.

Let's see. Since we're here now...

Is that the Oarai Marine Tower?

And up ahead is our destination, the ferry terminal.

Meaning...

The terminal is underwater.

Right. Too bad.

TOURING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

#10 OARAI, OYA, NIKKO

Put it into low gear and lock the handles.

That's the way to go.

Make sure it doesn't move and fall over.

MOL SUNFLOWER LTD.

Where are we going once we get there?

Gotta be Soya.

Heading for the top of Japan.

I'd hate to get seasick.

Then have a dried plum.

Does that really work?

Feels so good!

Taking a bath on board a ship...

could it get any better than this?

LIFEBOAT LOADING ENTRANCE PASSENGER ASSEMBLY LOCATION

Can't wait to get to Hokkaido, huh?

It's a Mecca for riders!

Why is it a Mecca?

I don't know.

Because you can keep riding endlessly forever?

But do we really need a reason?

Oh, I can't wait to ride across that vast land again

under that great sky.

Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.

My heart's pounding.

I'll bet that everyone on this ferry feels the same way!

I think so, too, Yoko.

Right, Big Sis!

Mm...

Big Sis, are we there yet?

Hokkaido.

Huh?

Morning, Yoko.

LIFEBOAT LOADING ENTRANCE PASSENGER ASSEMBLY LOCATION

Morning.

I did the laundry.

It's already dry.

Oh, sorry! Thanks.

Hey, what about Hokkaido?

What do you mean?

Yoko, you're still in a daze.

What?

Oh, it's you, Airi.

That's me, Airi.

SUNFLOWER FURANO

Oh! It was a dream.

I mean, I was just on the ferry!

We are on the ferry.

Since the ferry terminal was underwater and we couldn't go yesterday,

you said that you wanted to at least spend one night here.

You're right, I did.

Well, I guess so. But for some reason, it felt like if we came here, we could go.

This is the same ferry. Big Sis took this one, too.

A SHIP I'M GOING TO BOARD AFTER THE MARINE TOWER AND THE AQUARIUM. I LOVE THE FEELING OF EXCITEMENT WHEN HEADING OUT. I WONDER HOW MANY MORE TIMES I CAN BOARD THIS...

Big Sis took this one, too.

I wonder what it was like, boarding it, bike and all,

and traveling along with all those strangers?

If only I'd woken up a little later,

could I have experienced it in my dream, too?

A long time ago, people went straight to Hokkaido from here.

She says that Hokkaido was known as a riders Mecca.

It's all over the Touringram.

That's why I wanted to visit there someday.

Then you should go.

What?

There may not be a ferry, but if you drive straight down the highway,

it shouldn't take that long, should it?

As long as the road's intact.

Yeah, you're right.

But that would be a waste, so let's take side trips like we always do

and take our time getting there.

There are lots of places I want to visit.

Okay, gotcha.

WHERE IS THIS?

TOURING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

"I wanted to come here because I heard there was a stamp here, too."

The Oya History Museum.

"It was such a hassle finding that stamp underground!"

"It took me more than a half-hour!"

"I never dreamed that I'd find it in a place like that."

According to her.

All right!

I'm going to find that stamp faster than Big Sis,

no matter what, and show her up!

Isn't it kinda cold?

Four degrees Celsius! It's freezing!

Now we're all set!

I'm totally fine, though.

NO PHOTOS HERE! PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT STOPPING

We, the Yoko and Airi Explorers,

have just set foot inside the underground temple!

It's not a temple.

It's the Oya Stone Mine.

What's an Oya stone?

It's been used in all kinds of places for ages, because it's so versatile.

It was used by Frank Lloyd Wright

for the old Imperial Hotel, completed in 1923.

That's what I read in the display room upstairs.

Where's the stamp?

Who's this Frank guy?

A famous architect from long ago.

We learned that in class.

Did we?

No stamp.

Nope.

No stamp here, either.

Yahoo!

Yahoo!

Yahoo!

What does "yahoo" mean, anyway?

I have no clue.

People from long ago were amazing, huh?

I wonder how many years— no, how many decades it took for them to dig this?

It might have taken them even longer.

Starting with the small stuff, little by little.

So awesome.

But this really is like a maze.

If we get lost, we won't be able to get out,

and we might dry up and turn into mummies.

Stop it. I don't want to turn into a mummy.

I'm just kidding!

Did you find something?

Let's head back, Airi.

If we stay here any longer, we might really get lost.

I'm fine.

Come on, let's go!

So we never did find that stamp.

Aww...

I think...

I can make something out.

Found it!

"I never dreamed that I'd find it in a place like that."

True, you wouldn't.

It's so dark, and it's too big to fit it all in the frame.

Let's see. Let's raise the ISO sensitivity...

bump up the exposure to the max...

and make sure the camera is steady.

Got it! Got my stamp!

It's so warm.

It's so bright.

Huh? How long did it take for us to find that stamp?

Hmm, I didn't time it.

We did it faster than Big Sis, right?

I don't know.

What? We were faster, weren't we?

I don't know.

Wow, the view here is amazing, too!

It's a place called Tateiwa (standing boulder).

The boulder is standing! Literally what its name means! Hey!

Hey, Airi, doesn't that boulder look like a turtle?

Of course it does. That's Turtle Rock.

I just read that it was named Turtle Rock because it looks like a turtle.

Also, if you look at Turtle Rock from its north side...

it looks different.

Like Benkei sliced it in half with his sword,

so it was also known as Benkei's Sword-Split Rock...

I hear.

Oh?

Big Sis taught us about Musashibo Benkei, didn't she?

To think that he was able to split a rock this huge.

Benkei must have been a giant!

Of course he wasn't.

There are no such things as giants.

He'd be crushed under his own weight.

It's unscientific.

I remember reading about the Devil's Washboard

and Misogoro in the library.

I know there were legends about giants all over Japan!

There are no giants.

You're not romantic at all.

I am romantic, just a realistic one.

Hey, that underground space we were just in,

maybe it was really dug by giants!

Unscientific.

You're not romantic at all.

I am romantic, just a realistic one.

Benkei traveled endlessly, protecting Yoshitsune, right?

Yes.

Then in a sense, he's the guardian god of travel!

Mr. Benkei, Mr. Benkei, please watch over us

so that we can ride safely all the way to Hokkaido.

Unscientific.

On the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto

The great man Benkei

Raised his long naginata

Slashing at Ushiwaka

Benkei's more the naginata type than the sword type, don't you think?

A giant. Is that Benkei?

Nope.

I told you, there are no giants.

Now this is another amazing boulder!

It's estimated to have been formed by the sediment

of an underwater eruption 24 million years ago.

24 million years ago!

I can't even wrap my head around that.

This rock has been observing history all along, before humankind was even born.

In the future,

even after you and I are gone...

Right.

I guess in the rock's eyes, human history goes by in a flash.

- We're not gonna make— - Airi.

Did you see that?

It's all white. I can't see anything.

It's Benkei! Benkei's the one who rescued us!

It couldn't be. That was just a bolt out of the blue.

You're not romantic at all.

I am romantic. I'm just a realistic one.

Mr. Benkei, thank you for protecting us!

A bolt out of the blue.

Thanks!

Okay, let's go!

Ow!

Ouch!

Benkei's weak point.

TOURING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

SEA HARE PHANTOM APPEARS!

TOURING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

"I"

Found it!

The "I" in Iroha!

If a dog walks, he'll bump into a pole!

A SIGNBOARD IS LYING ON THE GROUND

"RO"

The "Ro" in Iroha!

Rome wasn't built in a day!

"HA"

"Ha" is for "Have your cake and eat it, too!" I want some!

I want some!

Whoo-hoo! What a hairpin curve!

So there really are signs in hiragana along the curves!

A sightseeing route connecting downtown Nikko, Lake Chuzenji, and Okunikko...

the Nikko Irohazaka Slope was built during the Nara period.

It says that since there are 48 hairpin curves in all,

they're named after each of the 48 characters

in the ancient Iroha alphabet.

"NI"

The letters mark each curve. How fun is this?

It's fun as in "niko-niko (smile)"!

"HO"

Rounding the curve with a "ho!"

"HE"

Heh!

"TO"

"To" is for how totally fast we're going!

Yoko, hold up! You're driving too fast!

My bad!

Rounding those curves felt so good, I got too carried away.

We're not on the circuit anymore.

We don't even know if this road is okay.

You're right.

Iroha nihoheto

Chirinuru wo

Waka yo tareso

Tsune naramu

U wi no okuyama

Kefu koete

Asaki yume mishi

Wehi mo sesu

Wait, what does it mean?

There are various opinions, so it's not clear.

Hey...

wasn't there one that claims it's pointing to where the Tokugawa Buried Treasure is?

It's around here somewhere, right?

That's the song "Kagome Kagome."

I see.

Whoa! You were right, Airi.

If I'd kept speeding along, it could have been dangerous!

Pretty solid here.

I think we can make it!

Should we remove the pannier case?

We should be okay for this.

If we get stuck, I'm counting on your support.

Gotcha.

Here we go!

Watch your back!

All right.

Ho!

Ha!

To!

You can do it!

Let's do this!

One shot!

Let's go!

100 BEST ROADS OF JAPAN NIKKO IROHAZAKA SLOPE

Nothing like the Serow for our touring!

Sure, the circuit bike was fast,

but I don't think I could have driven it on this road.

Well, the Serow's an off-road bike.

Everything has its strengths and weaknesses.

As long as we have this Serow, you and I can go anywhere, right?

Even if there's no road, we're good.

We've arrived at today's main venue!

There, you can already hear it.

Today we visited the Kegon Falls!

A famous waterfall discovered by a great monk over a thousand years ago,

which she says is just breathtaking!

Just from the sound, it seems incredible!

Can we see it from here, maybe?

No, can't see it.

Don't lean forward. It's dangerous.

But it sounds like it's so close.

Yoko, look.

I see. So there's an observation deck 100 meters down

from which we can see the falls from the front.

KEGON FALLS ELEVATOR

And you could get there by taking this elevator.

Since we're here, we might as well see it from the deck, huh?

The elevator's not working, so we can't.

But it says here that it was built in 1930.

So?

Doesn't that mean that people from before that

went down without the elevator?

I wonder if this is really the right road.

We're not lost, are we?

We're good. It's probably right.

Looks like this was the emergency route for when the elevator was out of order.

After people stopped using it, the forest erased the road, huh?

Being able to go down with the press of a button.

People from long ago were cheaters!

You just said that people from long ago didn't have an elevator.

Then the people from the recent past were cheaters!

What counts as the recent past?

Um... um...

The grass blocking our way is no match for us.

Let's move on!

Not an answer.

The water sounds closer now. We're almost there.

Rushing is dangerous.

No sweat! We're good!

Oh.

- Whoa! - Yoko, you really are an idiot!

CRASH

CRASH

CRASH

CRASH

SLIP

Ouch!

I told you so.

Ow, ow...

Stairs!

Yoko!

There!

What's wrong, Yoko?

Yoko?

Huh?

Are you in pain? Did you hurt yourself?

No.

It's always been here, for hundreds,

for thousands of years, maybe even from before that.

It really is something, huh?

Yeah.