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Inchworm - Nakasen-do & Japanese Romantic Road [Japanische Romantische Straße] (Part 2)

(Total Data, Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Gooood morning! (AM 9:32) Gifu City (AM 9:34)

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Nagara River (AM 9:53) Nagara River is famous for its Cormorant fishing "Ukai". There is the Inabayama Castle on the top of the mountain. (AM 10:16)

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Good bye Gifu City. Head for Shirakawago (AM 10:29)

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along Meitetsu Mino-cho Line. (AM 10:41) Mino-cho Line has been already discontinued. (AM 10:41)

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At Seki City I find the road to Shirakawago is too long and steep, and I hardly reach there today. So I give up to go there, and changed my route. Seki City is famous its cutlery (PM 12:00)

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change route to Nakasen-do (PM 12:34)

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Lunch and coffee break at Mino-Kamo (PM 12:45)

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I get in Nakasen-do [Route 21] (PM 2:46)

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take a break at Road Station "Michi no Eki" (PM 3:35)

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Sushi shop "Astro Boy" (PM 4:04) Carp are swiming, because it's May. (PM 4:10) gradually climbing along Route 19 (PM 4:26)

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two dragons are seeing the light of day. (PM 4:44) Of course RASCAL is with me in this tour! (PM 5:21)

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In all construction sites, construction is stopped because it's Golden Week. (PM 5:29)

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reach Nakatsugawa Sta. (around PM 6:35)

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Today's dinner at Izakaya "Mikiya" (around PM 10:00)

very good!!

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one more drink at bar in front of Nakatsugawa Sta. (AM 1:15)

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Today's inn: PLAZA HOTEL NAKATSUGAWA YODOGAWA.

DATA on May 02, 2006

Weather	cloudy, later fine, "follow wind"
Route (prefecture)	Gifu (Gifu) -- (Route 156) -- Seki (Gifu) -- (Route 248) -- Mino-Ota (Gifu) -- (Route 21) -- Toki (Gifu) -- (Route 19) -- Nakatsugawa (Gifu)
	detail track (by Google Maps) (Click!)
Distance	107.42 km
Time	5 hours 56 minutes 45 seconds
Average speed	18.0 km/h
Max. speed	43.3 km/h
Difference of altitude	225 m
	Profile Map (Click!)
Note	gradually climbing.
Accommodation [charge]	PLAZA HOTEL NAKATSUGAWA YODOGAWA (Business Hotel) [4,900 yen for bed and about 800 yen for breakfast]
Diary	I started to north heading for Shirakawago. Reading map at Seki City, I found the way to Shirakawago is too long and steep. So I gave up to go there. I changed my route to east along Nakasen-do. I gradually climbing up to Nakatsugawa. At reception in hotel in Nakatsugawa, the man said to me, "How long did it take from Gifu City by bike?". "It took over 5 hours." "... 4 hours are common" "...? (What? Who is he?)" He was a cyclist in his younger days. He rode over 350km one day. Really? Tomorrow, it will be a climbing to Shiojiri, but I drank untill 1:00 AM. Drivers are very good here in Gifu, but it is very dangerous that I find car are just behind me without any sounds. f^_^;

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