Why this ride
A 198 km one-way ride from near Hachiōji, about 4 h 09 of riding. The climb of the day is near Uenohara.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Myogi Mountain and Karuizawa · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 198 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 09
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop near Hachiōji
Mount Takao stands at the edge of Hachiōji like a patient dog, a green hill of about six hundred metres that Tokyoites climb in their hundreds of thousands. For a rider, it is a start and finish point, a convenient place for fuel, parking and a good bowl of ramen before the mountains begin. The city sits at the foot of the Tama hills, and the climate here is a few degrees cooler than central Tokyo.
Read the complete Hachioji fuel gate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Myogi Mountain and Karuizawa is where the day begins. Next is High point near Uenohara.
2. High point near Uenohara
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Food stop near Miura.
3. Food stop near Miura
At the very tip of the Miura Peninsula, south of Yokosuka, the land ends in low cliffs, rocky shelves, cabbage fields and a fishing harbour that has supplied Tokyo with tuna for generations. Misaki port is the heart of Miura, and that is where you go to eat. The city has around fifty thousand people, but it feels like a coastal country town, with the sea always close and the smell of salt and fish on the wind.
Read the complete Miura write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
A break here. Next is Tokyo / Kanto rides.
4. Tokyo / Kanto rides
Chiba prefecture is the thumb of land that sticks into the Pacific east of Tokyo, and its southern end is lower, softer and far more rural than most visitors expect, with ridges of forested hills, small rice valleys and a long coast of surf beaches. Katsuura, with twenty-two thousand people, and Ōhara and Kamogawa, both a little further along the coast, are the main towns.
Read the complete Tokyo / Kanto rides return write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tokyo / Kanto rides closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near Hachiōji to High point near Uenohara
Fuel stop near Hachiōji → High point near Uenohara is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Uenohara to Food stop near Miura
High point near Uenohara → Food stop near Miura is 100 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Miura to Tokyo / Kanto rides
Food stop near Miura → Tokyo / Kanto rides return is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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