Why this ride
A 238 km one-way ride from near Yugawara, about 4 h 27 of riding.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Venus Line Long Day · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 238 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 27
- 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.
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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. Yugawara
Yugawara has been soaking tired bodies for well over a thousand years. The hot springs appear in the Man'yōshū, Japan's oldest poetry anthology, and a local legend says that a tanuki, the mischievous raccoon dog of Japanese folklore, was found bathing in the spring to heal its wounds. The town sits where a short, steep valley opens onto Sagami Bay, at the border of Kanagawa and Shizuoka, between Odawara and Atami.
Read the complete Yugawara write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Venus Line Long Day food stop is where the day begins. Next is Tokyo / Kanto rides return.
2. Near Minamibōsō, on the way back
At Nojimazaki, the southern tip of the Boso peninsula, a white lighthouse stands on a rocky point above the Pacific. It was one of the first Western-style lighthouses in Japan, built in the late 1860s by a French engineer, and its gallery looks out over a coast of black rocks, surf and wide horizons. The stop sits a little way inland, in the hills between Minamibōsō and Tateyama.
Read the complete Near Minamibōsō, on the way back 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 136 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch near Sakura.
3. Scenic stretch near Sakura
Sakura, in northern Chiba, was a castle town in the Edo period, and some of its old samurai residences survive on a quiet street, with thatched roofs and earthen walls, giving a glimpse of how the warrior class lived. The castle itself is gone, but its grounds now house the National Museum of Japanese History, one of the best museums in the country, covering everything from prehistoric times to the twentieth century.
Read the complete Scenic stretch near Sakura 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 235 km.