On Jan 7, 12:45 pm, Medgya <medgya...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 6, 9:42 pm, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Can I ask where in central Hokkaido? Somewhere Asahikawa-ish with
> > regular fuel shipments or a village?
>
> We're out in the foothills, about an hour from Asahikawa. Riding in
> there is when I see the fuel price gradient. Kerosene is also cheaper
> at the petrol stations, 91.8 yen/liter. We may switch suppliers, at
> least in the short term. It adds up.

Towards Furano or further north (either way sounds bloody cold). Its
interesting that for gasoline at least, you pay less than what I've
seen in Tokyo, Nagano (ken) and Kyoto recently, even though you'd be a
fair way from ports and refinery.