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The Japanese Romantic Road
(Total Data, Day 1, 2)

Last updated on Apr. 16, 2005

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Good morning! (AM 5:31)
This time, Mercedes IV is my partner.
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		This time, I get on a train from Higashi-Kanagawa Sta. (AM 6:01)
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Higashi-Kanagawa Ueno
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change train to "Kusatsu I" at Ueno (AM 7:20)
lunch in a train (AM 7:28)
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Nakanojo Ueno
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arrive at Nakanojo Sta. (AM 9:24)
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Many wind bells are welcoming me at Nakanojo Sta.!! (AM 9:28)
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start from Nakanojo
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short climbing
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take a rest in front of Rock Heart Castle (AM 11:23) I don't go in the castle.
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from Rock Heart Castle's site
This castle was originaly built in Edinburgh / Scotland. A Japanese actor bought it and it was rebuilt in 1993.				biggest jag in Japan (AM 11:34)
It's funny that it it Romantic Road, but the castle is from Scotland! f^_^;
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Something is wrong with tires at Numata. So I check it at a parking of covenience store(seven/eleven) for two hours......
But I cannot fix them.
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lunch at Numata. (PM 2:47)
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at Fukiwari Fall (PM 5:27) I want to stay here long, but sunset comes soon.
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bridge at Kamata, very close to Katashina (PM 6:26)
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reach Katashina
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today's inn : Tourist Home ("Minshuku") "Matsukaze"

DATA on Jul. 17, 2004

Weather	cloudy simetimes fine
Route (prefecture)	Yokohama(Kanagawa) ---> (train) ---> Ueno(Tokyo) ---> (train :Kusatsu I) ---> Nakanojo(Gunma) -- (Route 145, 120, 401) -- Katashina(Gunma)
Distance	63.38 km
Time	4 hours 29 minutes 12 seconds
Average speed	14.3 km/h
Max. speed	37.2 km/h
Difference of altitude	505 m
Note	climb hill : Nakanojo to Rock Heart Castrle down hill : Rock Heart Castrle to Numata climb hill : Numata to Katashina
Accommodation [charge]	"Matsukaze" (Tourist Home "Minshuku") [6,450 yen with dinner and breakfast]
Diary	I was sleepy but left Yokohama. I was tired for climbing from Nakanojo. Something is wrong with tires at Numata. So I check it at a parking of covenience store(seven/eleven) for two hours...... But I cannot fix them. I reached Matsukaze in Katashina just before sunset. I was lucky that in Katashina it rained, but I never met rains. Tomorrow, I will try to Konsei Pass (1,880 m above the sea).

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