First up it was market day in Takayama.
then onto the 158 road which being Saturday had light truck traffic but frequent motorbike tourers
Mt Norikura in the distance at 3200m
the Black Cav in cheerful form
hot spring with lots of people tapping into the free heated water, at Hirayu hot spring ski area
then it was onto a 900m climb through national park on 8 per cent gradient in 20C temperature. very peaceful with little traffic, but very tough climb
looking back down at Hirayu from halfway up
made it to the top, Black Cav leading
surprisingly only a few local inhabitants were interested in us
guess which one is the monkey?
on the descent we had to ride through 15 or so tunnels. No bike lanes to take your chances in wet dark bumpy and noisy tunnels. One was more scary as it had poor or nil lighting, try riding downhill with your eyes closed, not recommended. Anyway we all survived and gave each other a hug afterwards to celebrate our successful passage
the Duke was piloting Rody today
looking down the valley that we coasted with the cars at same speed as we dropped from 1600m to 500m
once in Matsumoto Black Cav and the Electric Cowboy checked out the Castle
safely ensconced in the Ryokan for dinner.
the next four days are here at Matsumoto including some mountain climbs and rest day.
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Location:Namiyanagi 2-Chōme,Matsumoto,Japan
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