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Venus Line starting at Chino

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Recorded distance
43 km
Riding-time estimate
43 min
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Yatsugatake-Chushin Kogen Quasi-National Park.

Access context

Check toll-road motorcycle access, weather, volcanic alerts and seasonal closures. Specific flag: seasonal; weather.

Seasonal context

May-Oct

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Chino

    Chino is a town of fifty-six thousand people on the eastern side of Lake Suwa's basin, in Nagano Prefecture, and it has two secrets. One is that the town gave Japan one of its most famous prehistoric treasures: the Jomon Venus, a small, rounded clay figure found at the Tanabatake site and designated a national treasure, which is perhaps five thousand years old. The other is agar, or kanten, a seaweed jelly made in the cold dry winters here, with long frames of it set out to freeze and dry in the open air. Neither is on the usual tourist list, which is part of the appeal.

    Read the complete Chino write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Chino sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Matsumoto.

  2. 2. Matsumoto

    Planning note

    Matsumoto comes up 43 km in.

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