Why this ride
The stops in between: Itō and Scenic stretch near Miura. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tanzawa and Doshi Road · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 390 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 48
- 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. Food stop near Hokuto
Planning note
Food stop near Hokuto is where the day begins. Next is Tokyo / Kanto rides return.
2. Itō
In 1604 an English pilot named William Adams, shipwrecked in Japan a few years earlier and taken into the service of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, built the first Western-style sailing ships in Japan at the mouth of the river in Itō. Adams, known in Japan as Miura Anjin, became a samurai and an adviser to the shogun, and his story inspired the novel Shōgun. Itō remembers him with a festival every August and a memorial by the river.
Read the complete Itō write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tokyo / Kanto rides return comes up about 195 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch near Miura.
3. Scenic stretch 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
about 327 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Miura. Next is Photo stop near Ōhara.
4. Photo stop near Ōhara
Every September the men of Ōhara carry portable shrines straight into the Pacific, running through the surf to the beat of drums in a festival that has been held for centuries. It is a wild, joyful sight, and it sums up this small fishing town on the eastern coast of the Boso peninsula, where life still revolves around the sea and the boats.
Read the complete Photo stop near Ōhara write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Ōhara closes the day.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Hokuto to Itō
Food stop near Hokuto → Itō is 195 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch near Miura to Photo stop near Ōhara
Scenic stretch near Miura → Photo stop near Ōhara is 63 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.