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Narrow Road to the Interior - Stage 1 "Rain"
(Total Data, Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Last updated on Sep. 23, 2007

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Aug. 08, 2005
Yaita -- Ootawara -- Kurobane -- Kuroiso (85.45 km)
| Yaita | Ootawara | Kurobane | Unganji Temple | Kuroiso |

Yaita
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PC corner at Hotel Kyo (AM 7:41)
very convenient!
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Ootawara
Haiku(verse) at Ootawara
Sora (Webmaster)
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Road Station "Nasu no Yoichi no Sato"
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This is Nasu,
so they sell "nasu(eggplant)". (^o^)/
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At back of the Road Station, there is Nasu Shrine.
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It is said the peason go through this circle gets luckiness. Of course I go through. (AM 10:05)
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Haiku(verse) at Nasu Shrine
Sora (Webmaster)
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Nasuno
from "Narrow Road to the Interior"
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Kurobane
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It is Kurobane. Kurobane is famous of its fish "ayu"(sweet smelt) Shops are selling baked ayu and people are enjoying fishing. (AM 11:02)
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Kurobane
from "Narrow Road to the Interior"
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Volunteers are weeding.

Basho Museum is closed today.
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What!? Unganji Temple is not in this town?

Yes. I find it at here. I have to go further east.
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I meet terrible shower. (PM 12:52)
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Haiku(verse) in the way to Unganji Temple
Sora (Webmaster)
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Unganji Temple
Unganji Temple (PM 1:38)
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Unganji Temple
from "Narrow Road to the Interior"
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Haiku(verse) at Unganji Temple
Sora (Webmaster)
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I go back to Kurobane and run to Kuroiso
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I meet shower again and take shelter at shop "Saito".
The mistress gives me good things.(^o^)/
(PM 3:59)
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She gives me cucumbers and tomatos.
These are todoy's lunch.
(^o^)/
Haiku(verse) at Kurobane
Sora (Webmaster)
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Kuroiso
I reach Kuroiso(PM 5:06), but the information desk is already closed.
So I take a rest at a coffee shop in front of Kuroiso Sta.
The shop girls are very kind that they check hotels for me and teach me where to eat good dishes. I'm very lucky!! (^0^)v


They are really cute girls, so I want you to see their whole face. But the black lines are their wishes. Excuse me, please.m(__)m
(PM 6:24)
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Today's dinner at Izakaya "Ren" (around PM 8:00)
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drink at bar "Time's Cafe" (around AM 12:00)
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Today's inn: Hotel Soumaya.
 
 
 

DATA on Aug. 08, 2005
Weather

cloudy after fine, terrible shower (2 times)
Route
(prefecture)
 Yaita (Tochigi)
-- (Route 4, 461) -- Ootawara (Tochigi)
-- (Route 461) -- Kurobane (Tochigi)
-- (Route 294, 461, Pref. Road 13, 321) -- Unganji Temple (Tochigi)
-- (Pref. Road 321, 13, Route 461) -- Kurobane (Tochigi)
-- (Route 294, Pref. Road 34) -- Kuroiso (Tochigi)
Distance
85.45 km
Time
5 hours 52 minutes 28 seconds
Average speed
14.5 km/h
Max. speed
39.1 km/h
Difference of altitude
180 m
Note

All roads are comfortable, but terrible shower!!!
Accommodation
[charge]
Hotel Soumaya (Business Hotel)
[6,090 yen for bed and 840 yen for breakfast]
Diary
 I left Yaita before AM 8:30 and I intended to reach Nasu-Yumoto, but it took time at Nasu Shrine waiting a person of stand to buy a charm (and she didn't apear).
I didn't notice untilll I reaced Kurobane that Unganji Temple was not in the town of Kurobane and the road was up. I met shower in the way to Unganji. I took lunch(cucumbers and tomatos, shop's (I took shelter from rain there) mistress gave them to me) around PM 4:00. And reached Kuroiso at PM 5:06. The imformation desk was already closed, so I gave up to take inn at Nasu-Yumoto. Girls of the coffee shop were very kind and for them I could take inn at Kuroiso.
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