Today, I leave Kusatsu Onsen and head for Numata on my way to Nikko. The route that I will be taking is called the Japan Romantic Road, a 230km stretch of national highway that starts from Ueda City in the west and ends in Uchinomiya City in the east.
Leaving Kusatsu Onsen, it is mainly a downhill ride of about 20km to the small town of Nakanojo. As I left Kusatsu, the clouds were looking rather threatening, and by the time I reached Nakanojo, it had started to drizzle lightly. I was still around 40km from Numata City, where I was supposed to stay for the night.
From Nakanojo, it was a gradual uphill ride to towards the city of Numata. The slopes weren`t very steep, but it was rather uncomfortable riding in my rainjacket. Furthermore, the roads to Numata were rather narrow and many times, there were no pavements to ride on at all!
All in all, my ride from Kusatsu to Numata wasn`t very romantic at all, save for the couple of `intimate` moments that I had with the 18 wheeler trucks that were passing me by..... hahaha...
Map of the Japan Romantic Road
Risking getting my N95 wet for a picture of the `Romantic` Road
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