JR Pass Journey Day 11 | Toyama to Nanto | Biking to a Historic Japanese Mountain Village

I’ve loved riding the trains this way and that with the JR Pass, but my legs had been itching to get back on a bike. I took the train to Jōhana Station (城端駅) from Toyama City (富山市) and rented a bike at a local shop near the station. 🚋

Train scenery is great, but there’s nothing like the feeling of being on two wheels, taking in the surroundings. My ride took me up a mountain pass into the valley where the historic Japanese villages of Ainokura (相倉) and the Gassho-Zukuri (合掌造り) are located. 🚲🛖

The villages are so small that it didn’t take long to ride through them, but I couldn’t stop admiring them from every angle as I walked and rode around. 🏞️
I’d definitely use an e-bike next time to reach these secluded villages, those slopes were no joke! 🚴⚡

Date I went:
06/25/2020

Instagram:
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Title Animation:
Chieko Watanabe
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Music:
Artist: DeKobe
Songs: Seasons, Distant, & Kamakura

Locations:
0:00 – Intro
0:11 – Toyama Prefecture (富山県)
0:18 – Aeon Mall Takaoka (イオンモール高岡)
0:27 – Toide Station (戸出駅)
0:41 – Tonami Station (砺波駅)
1:07 – Jōhana Station (城端駅)
2:58 – Nashiya Bridge Observation Deck (梨谷大橋展望台)
4:01 – Ainokura Gassho-zukuri Village (越中五箇山相倉集落)
5:02 – Matsuya (まつや)
7:43 – Shō River (庄川)
7:49 – Yudejima Bridge (湯出島橋)
8:16 – Ohara Dam (小原ダム)
8:40 – Suganuma Gassho-Zukuri Village (菅沼合掌造り集落)
16:57 – Nanto City (南砺市)