July 12, 2010 Vermillion Bay, Ontario

Another blog (http://travellingbymystery.blogspot.com/) shows Sokichi Takashita travelling down the highway in Ontario, just west of Vermillion Bay.

After leaving Vermillion Bay we went down the road just past Narrow Lake. Along the side of the road, coming from the West, was a shopping cart. It was the Japanese fellow we have been seeing on the highway these past few weeks. We stopped the van, and crossed the street to talk to him.
He was not able to speak very much English, but knew a few key phrases. He said he left Vancouver on May 10 and was going to New York, expecting to be there in November. He is a mountain climber and an adventurer. He has climbed Mount Fuji and Mount Kilimanjaro. He showed us a map of his next adventure he has planned. It was a map of Australia. He is planning on crossing it from the West Coast to the East. He said he purchased the shopping cart at the beginning of his journey from a homeless person. He paid $7.00 for it.
We gave his a bottle of juice, and asked if we could take a picture. He held up his flag of Japan and offered a marker for us to sign it. The flag was filled with signatures.
We asked him if Canada was a larger country than he thought when he first started. He did not now what we were asking but recognized the word country. Then he mentioned Japan. I pointed here and held my hands out wide. Then he knew what we were asking and laughed, nodding his head. He said it is very large.
We offered him a safe trip and waved good-bye. He watched us drive off down the highway, waving farewell before pushing on.