CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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272 km from Gotenba to Gotenba, about 5 h 30 of riding. On the way it passes Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine, Fujisan, Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki and Fujisan Moutain Area. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
On the southern flank of Mount Fuji, above the town of Susono, a quiet shrine stands among tall cedar trees at the start of one of the oldest climbing routes on the mountain. The Suyama Sengen-jinja is dedicated to the goddess of Fuji and marks the beginning of the Suyama trail, used by pilgrims for centuries before falling into disuse in the twentieth century and being partly revived in recent years. It is one of the component sites of Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration, listed by UNESCO in 2013.
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Suyama Sengen-jinja Shrine is where the day begins. Next is Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine.
On the eastern side of Mount Fuji, in the village of Subashiri, a shrine has stood at the start of the pilgrims' path for more than a thousand years. The Fuji Sengen shrine, often called Higashiguchi Hongū, the eastern main shrine, marks the beginning of the Subashiri trail to the summit, and pilgrims traditionally prayed here before starting their climb. The shrine is set in a forest of tall cedars and old trees, with a red gate, wooden halls and a quiet, spiritual atmosphere, and it is one of the components of the Fujisan UNESCO site, recognised as part of the mountain's cultural and religious landscape.
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Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine comes up 17 km in. Next is Fujisan.
At 3,776 metres, Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, and its almost perfectly symmetrical cone has been a sacred symbol and an artistic inspiration for centuries. UNESCO listed Fujisan in 2013 as a cultural site, a place of worship and source of artistic inspiration, rather than for its natural beauty alone, recognising the shrines, pilgrim trails, lakes and springs around the mountain, and the woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige that made its image famous around the world.
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33 km in you reach Fujisan. Next is Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki.
Deep in the lava forests on the western foot of Mount Fuji there is a cave formed when molten rock flowed down the slopes and its crust cooled while the interior drained away. The Hitoana lava tube is small and low, but in the sixteenth century an ascetic called Hasegawa Kakugyo is said to have practised extreme austerities inside it, and he became the founder figure of the Fuji-ko, the popular confraternities whose members climbed Fuji as an act of worship. Around the cave entrance stand hundreds of stone memorials erected by Fuji-ko groups over the centuries, mossy and leaning among the trees. The site is one of the components of the World Heritage listing Fujisan, Sacred Place and Source of Artistic Inspiration.
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Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki, about halfway. Next is Fujisan Moutain Area.
Mount Fuji does not have an edge. From the north side, near Fujiyoshida, it simply grows out of the forest in one long unbroken slope, and on a clear morning it looks too big to be real. The roads around it are better than most people expect. The Fuji Five Lakes sit like a necklace on the northern flank, with Kawaguchiko the busiest and Saiko and Shojiko the quietest, and the road circling them gives long views of the cone over the water. Fujiyoshida, about eleven kilometres away, has the fuel, the noodles, the hot springs and the shrine at Kitaguchi Hongu Sengen, an old pilgrim gateway where climbers once prayed before starting up.
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Fujisan Moutain Area sits at 67 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki.
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back through Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki comes up 83 km in. Next is back through Fujisan.
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Read the complete Fujisan write-up.
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100 km in you reach back through Fujisan. Next is back through Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine.
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back through Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine, late in the day. Next is Suyama Sengen-jinja Shrine.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Suyama Sengen-jinja Shrine write-up.
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The route ends here after 272 km.
Suyama Sengen-jinja Shrine → Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine → Fujisan is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fujisan → Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki → Fujisan Moutain Area is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fujisan Moutain Area → back through Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hitoana Fuji-ko Iseki → back through Fujisan is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fujisan → back through Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine → Suyama Sengen-jinja Shrine is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.