CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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362 km from Ōdachō-ōda to Ōdachō-ōda, about 6 h 50 of riding. On the way it passes Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial and back through Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Miyanomae is a name that looks mysterious but means something simple: in front of the shrine. It is a neighbourhood in the old mining town of Omori, in the valley of the Iwami Ginzan silver mine, and the name tells you how the town was arranged. Shrines and temples were scattered through the valley, and the houses of miners, officials and merchants gathered around them along the narrow, curving road that is the spine of Omori.
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Miyanomae is where the day begins. Next is Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
The skeleton of a dome against the sky, the twisted steel frame of what was once an elegant exhibition hall, is one of the most recognisable images of the twentieth century. On 6 August 1945, the atomic bomb exploded almost directly above this building in central Hiroshima. Almost everything around it was destroyed, but part of its walls and dome remained, and after long debate the city chose to preserve the ruin exactly as it was. It was listed by UNESCO in 1996 as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Genbaku Dome.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial comes up about 106 km into the recorded legs. Next is Itsukushima Shinto Shrine.
The great orange torii gate of Itsukushima, standing in the sea off the island of Miyajima, is one of the most famous images of Japan. At high tide, it seems to float on the water; at low tide, you can walk out across the sand to its feet. The shrine behind it is built on piers over the bay, a series of halls and corridors painted vermilion and white, connected by boardwalks, so that it too seems to float when the tide is in. A shrine has stood here for well over a thousand years, and its present form owes much to Taira no Kiyomori, the powerful warlord who rebuilt it in the twelfth century. The island itself has long been considered sacred, so much so that in the past, births and deaths were not permitted on it. The shrine was listed by UNESCO in 1996, and the torii was restored a few years ago after a long period under scaffolding.
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At least about 131 km into the recorded legs you reach Itsukushima Shinto Shrine.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hiroshima Peace Memorial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial, about halfway. Next is Itsukushima Shinto Shrine.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Itsukushima Shinto Shrine write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine sits at 173 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hiroshima Peace Memorial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial comes up about 208 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Itsukushima Shinto Shrine.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Itsukushima Shinto Shrine write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 233 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Itsukushima Shinto Shrine.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hiroshima Peace Memorial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial, late in the day. Next is Miyanomae.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Miyanomae write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 362 km.
Miyanomae → Hiroshima Peace Memorial is 106 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial → Itsukushima Shinto Shrine is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine → Hiroshima Peace Memorial is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine → back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial → back through Itsukushima Shinto Shrine is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Itsukushima Shinto Shrine → back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hiroshima Peace Memorial → Miyanomae is 106 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.