Biking The Road to Gunma Japan (S2/E5)
EPISODE 5: As I approach Gunma Prefecture, I find some quite roads, dirt paths, and my first glimpse of the mountains as I approach my first hotel of the trip!
– This Episode is from day 1 of my trip
– The series is intentionally edited more raw in order to give a video of what it is like to ride in Japan
– Footage was recoded on GoPro HERO12
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It’s so wild some of these areas look so familiar even thought i have never been there
22:20 Couldn't quite hear the first part but sounded like it ended with "This is disaster prevention Kumayaga". Some kind of safety briefing about natural disasters maybe?
Timestamp Time! All names from Google Maps and without warranty
We start at 35.9738434394347, 139.46203450038323 after Pat had a lovely meal at the soy sauce amusement park in the last episode
0:00 Shokingly good lunch review and plan for this episode
1:34 Google maps failing to plan bike routes
7:24 Photographing another car (still don't know cars)
8:09 Streams next to the street
10:44 Mountains in sight, crossing shine river
12:12 Thumbnail spot 36.01267524997973, 139.4344308007022
12:41 Jet noises
12:58 Welp you have done it: I give up on this one… For now… My guess is Ichino River, but this could be anywhere…
(EDIT)
Ha! Based on the general direction and looking at a lot of left bends in rivers, this is Nameri river!! 36.0505063477971, 139.41845211435614 . Take that!
16:11 On a tiny bike path 36.06197378477193, 139.4132967698113
19:34 Down hill section at 36.08689314540534, 139.4070522352263
20:31 Slightly too early left hand turn at 36.093068737606245, 139.4037446710318
21:30 Righthand downhill at 36.09496277138053, 139.40140886290075
22:04 Strange announcement 36.10807167212359, 139.38731045697855
22:44 Another downhill at 36.112436964837656, 139.3715092080686
23:57 Sit rep on a bike path along Karasawa River in Fukaya 36.18986345856635, 139.28530779830612 …
Between here and the previous location, Pat traveled 8.2 Miles (13.2km) and crossed our old friend, the Arakawa river again, which we left in episode 4
24:50 Shimodaiike Park
25:48 Still in Fukaya, crossing the tracks 36.19393397463098, 139.271201502988 (Also helmet mounted camera is back!)
26:09 Elevation update
26:53 The feeling of being on a proper road again
27:20 Cool looking Tenguchaya restaurant (36.22870464432756, 139.21675117843566)
27:48 Crossing the street and a vintage chevy? (36.231320744401714, 139.2125641450594)
28:27 Green stairs of doom in Takasaki 36.300948754115666, 139.05891536110963
The editing threw me off on this one… the next location at 29:24 is a bit further ahead, but has the exact same green stairs…
And google maps is really blurry at this location…
29:24 Final mile 36.310605885986924, 139.0255874060069
30:57 Kitty!
31:44 80 Miles!
32:23 Leaving the residential area 36.317345951346034, 139.02101832782668
32:40 Detours 36.318024661831146, 139.01744684847773
33:25 Finding out you are accidentally driving on the wrong side of the road and switching lanes 36.32021064780881, 139.01687185837744
33:55 Arriving at the hotel
We end at Hotel Sanko Takasaki for a deserved rest 36.32193060783881, 139.0150537743148
For this one I had to pull out all the tricks… Roughly setting the route in google maps, then follow the road, comparing road bendiness and sporadically using street view to confirm the location… And I just happen to find the hotel on accident which was a really lucky find…
I hope the next episodes don't have that many jump cuts….
See ya in the next one!