Hokkaido – Crossing the Summer Plains – CYCLE AROUND JAPAN Highlights

A ride through Hokkaido in early summer. We meet an artisan teaching handicrafts of the indigenous Ainu to the next generation, and a legendary trainer of an unusual horse race.

Handicrafts of the indigenous Ainu have distinctive patterns that often represent a prayer to the deities.

In this race, horses pull sleds that weigh as much as 1,000 kg.

In the sport of bikejoring, a bicycle is pulled by energetic dogs.