Two teams embark on a unique 'turf war' edition bus transfer race from Matsudo City to Asahi City, while visiting various municipalities and staking towns across Boso Peninsula as their territory.
Join us for another two-day bus transfer race - the “turf war” edition - in Chiba, Boso Peninsula. Team Tagawa and Team Kawai will race from Matsudo City to Iioka Lighthouse in Asahi City, which is about 100km away. Along the way, both teams will try to “stake” as much territory as possible, earning points for each territory they gain. There are 53 tourist spots they can stake as their territory.
Team Tagawa reaches Ichikawa City and to “capture” the territory, they must try the cake made by a top-notch pastry chef at Montpellier. It is located near the South Exit of Ichikawa Station. Team Kawai arrives at Minami-Nagareyama Station and hears the news about Team Tagawa staking their first territory. It is now 9.30am and the bus to Nagareyama Station leaves at 9.55am. They decide to walk as the station is only 2km away from Minami-Nagareyama Station.
Team Tagawa is still at Ichikawa Station when they learn about the opponent team clinching their first territory. Team Tagawa takes the 10.10am bus to the medical centre, from where they can catch a bus going through Kamagaya City and Funabashi City. They speak to the bus driver, who suggests they take a bus to Nishi-Funabashi Station from the medical centre. They arrive at the Medical Centre Entrance bus stop at around 11am and then board the 11.10am bus bound for Nishi-Funabashi Station.
Team Kawai takes the bus at 11.50am from Kashiwanoha Campus to Kashiwa Station. They reach after 25 minutes and then take the 12.40pm bus going towards Michi no Eki Shonan. They are then told that the other team has clinched Kamagaya. Team Tagawa is told the opponent team has taken Kashiwa City. Team Tagawa rides on the 1.40pm bus to a bus stop near Satsumaya in Shiroi City. They finally reach the Japanese confectionery shop which was founded in 1868. Its dorayaki is about seven times larger than normal ones and weighs 700g. After trying it, Team Tagawa successfully stakes Shiroi City as their territory and is now in the lead, with three points.