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

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

Yes, this is the day of the Japanese Romantic Road (later harf)!

(The before harf "the Japanese Romantic Road (2004)" is here!)

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in Ueda City (AM 8:04) Ueda is famous its old samurai the Sanadas. Ueda Castle (AM 8:12) The "six coins" is a family crest of the Sanadas (AM 8:12) Yes, in Ueda you can see many six coins.

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leave Ueda and start Japanese Romantic Road's climbing (Route 144)

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altitude: 605m (AM 9:12)

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stature of the Sanadas (AM 9:17) Yukimura Sanada, Yukitaka Sanada, Masayuki Sanada

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altitude: 699m (AM 9:34)

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take a rest with "Oyaki" and apple juice (AM 11:01)

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many sidecars are here.

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Reached top of Torii Pass! (PM 12:37) [altitude: 1,362m] delicious cigarette! from here Gunma Pref.

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down slope, fast run! (PM 1:04)

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Lunch at a pasture (PM 1:45)

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Haneo, it is a terminal point of 3 national routes (Route 144,145,146). (PM 3:07)

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along Route 145

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At Agatsuma, very close to Nakanojo, I see this sign of Japanese Romantic Road. What?! The track I ran from Ueda to Tsumagoi was not the route of the Romantic Road. I am so exhausted that I can not go back. (PM 4:32) I have to run one more time to complete the Japanese Romantic Road.

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Anyway, I reach Nakanojo. (PM 5:14)

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Let's go back. (PM 5:54)

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Nakanojo Toritsu-daigaku

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arrive at Toritsu-daigaku (PM 9:32)

Gee! The sensor of cyclocomputer is broken.

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I'm home!

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DATA on May 05, 2006

Weather	fine, "against wind"
Route (prefecture)	Ueda (Nagano) -- (Route 144) -- Torii Pass (Nagano) -- (Route 144) -- Haneo (Gunma) -- (Route 145) -- Nakanojo (Gunma) ==> (train) ==> Toritsu-daigaku (Tokyo) -- Yokohama (Kanagawa)
	detail track (by Google Maps) (Click!)
Distance	101.34 km
Time	5 hours 24 minutes 21 seconds (first 82.45 km untill Nakanojo)
Average speed	15.2 km/h (first 82.45 km untill Nakanojo)
Max. speed	48.7 km/h (first 82.45 km untill Nakanojo)
Difference of altitude	1045 m (first 82.45 km untill Nakanojo)
	Profile Map (Click!)
Note	Road to Torii Pass is terrible steep slope!
Accommodation [charge]	my apartment [free f(^_^;]
Diary	I leave Ueda to Nakanojo along the Japanese Romantic Road. How do I climb to the top of Torii Pass, it is 1,362m altitude? I was so tired. I climbed up really a little by little with taking a rest many times, just like a inchworm. I reach the top not pushing bike! Taking an enough rest at the top, I started run to Nakanojo. Take a lunch at Tsutsujigaoka pasture, I ran fast to east. When I took a rest at SEVEN ELEVEN in Ootsu, I saw a motor bike rider. She is confused not to set up her falled bike. So I helped her to set up. She is so cute, I felt happy! Yes, this is really romantic road! At Agatsuma, very close to Nakanojo, I saw the sign of Japanese Romantic Road. Gee! The track I ran from Ueda to Tsumagoi was not the route of Romantic Road. I am so exhausted that I could not go back. I have to run one more time to complete. f(^_^; This is the end of this tour.

To be continued...

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