Why this ride
Out of Enzan, one way: 201 km, roughly 3 h 25 in the saddle. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tomiura to Nojimazaki Cape Loop · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 201 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 25
- 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. Photo stop near Enzan
Takeda Shingen, the warlord who dominated Kai province in the sixteenth century and remains a folk hero in Yamanashi, lies buried at Erin-ji, a Zen temple on the edge of Enzan. Its garden, laid out by the great medieval designer Musō Soseki, is a quiet masterpiece of pond, rocks and moss, and the temple is the spiritual heart of a town that now forms part of the city of Kōshū.
Read the complete Photo stop near Enzan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Enzan is where the day begins. Next is Tomiura to Nojimazaki Cape Loop checkpoint 8.
2. Near Kawaguchi
Kawaguchi was Japan's foundry town. For centuries its workshops cast iron pots, kettles and temple bells from the sand and clay of the Arakawa, and by the twentieth century the town was famous for its cupola furnaces, whose chimneys filled the skyline. A classic 1962 film, set among the foundries, made the town a symbol of working-class Japan. Most of the furnaces have gone, replaced by apartment towers for Tokyo commuters, but a few workshops still cast metal in the old way.
Read the complete Near Kawaguchi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Tomiura to Nojimazaki Cape Loop checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Tomiura to.
3. Back to Tomiura to
Futtsu, with its long cape reaching towards the Miura peninsula, is a few kilometres to the south. The coast here is industrial, with the huge Nippon Steel plant at Kimitsu, but the hills behind are green, wooded and full of small valleys.
Read the complete Tomiura to write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 201 km.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Enzan to Near Kawaguchi
Photo stop near Enzan → Near Kawaguchi is 133 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.