Touring diary:Run through the mountains of Kinokawa and Nara│Japan Touring
2023
10/03
Trajectory of a day trip from Osaka to Wakayama to Nara. It is an exhilarating course that runs in nature despite being close to Osaka. This time’s touring is KAZU UNDO’s three managers.
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Section 1 Higashi-Osaka – Kinokawa (Asozu Bridge)
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Route outline
Kinki Expressway Higashi-Osaka Minami IC
Hanwa Expressway
South Hanna Road
This is the usual course. Get out of the city quickly. The temperature tends to drop between Habikino and Katsuragi, and it was chilly on this day as well.
During the section, my GoPro was in photo mode, so I couldn’t take a video.
Katsuragi IC
Get off at Katsuragi IC and continue on the general road from here.
Nara Prefectural Route 30
Take a break at 7-Eleven. I started the Instagram of this site, but I didn’t know how to use it, so I learned from UNDO.
Nara Prefectural Road/Wakayama Prefectural Road 731
Futami Gokotsuji Station Line
A route that runs between mountains, a course where you can enjoy ups and downs although the corners are gentle. I feel like it’s faster than going to Wakayama at high speed because it’s more fun.
Otsuohashi
A distinctive bridge over the Kino River in Wakayama Prefecture. The river is wide and the bridge is long and sturdy. There are many long bridges across the Kinokawa River.
Wakayama Prefectural Route 13
After crossing the bridge, run a short section to the fruit line.
Section 2 Kinokawa Fruit Line – Omusubi Stand Kudo (Kudoyama Station)
Route outline
The entire line will open in April 2023. Please forgive me for not being reflected in the map at the time of article creation.
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All lines open! I ran the Kinokawa Fruit Line│Japan Touring
A variety of fruits are grown, mainly persimmons, but also peaches, figs, kiwis, grapes, and citrus fruits.This is a scenic course that passes through the tr…
Kinokawa Fruit Line West side
With the help of Google Maps, the place you entered from Prefectural Route 13 is a farm road no matter how you look at it! ? Apparently the opened section was not yet reflected in Google Maps. Once I went east on the fruit line, I wanted to run from the end, so I made a U-turn on the way. I’ll start again from the starting point on the west side (laughs)
Kudoyama Town
In order to stop by “Omusubi Stand Kudo” at Kudoyama Station, we left the fruit line at Kudoyama-cho on this tour, but the route still continues.
Kinokawa Fruit Line East side
It seems that it continues to Shimizu, Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture. (Unexplored this time)
Kudoyama Station
Omusubi Stand Kudo
This is “Omusubi Stand Kudo” in Kudoyama Station. You can enter from the ticket gate, but there is also an entrance on the north side of the station building. You don’t need a ticket to enter from here. There is an “rice ball stand” on the platform on the north side. You can of course take out the finished “rice ball”, but you can also have a set menu in the eat-in space.
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“Omusubi Stand Kudo” in Mt. Kudo, a place connected to Yukimura Sanada│Wakayama Japan
Introducing “Omusubi Stand Kudo” in Kudoyama Town, Wakayama Prefecture. Kudoyama is also famous as a place related to Sanada Yukimura and Kukai (Kobo Daishi)…
Section 3 Kudoyama Station – Koyasan – Road Station Yoshinoji Daito
VIDEO
I took a short detour to Kakinoha Sushi Yanagiya. The reason is that I want to make myself a little hungry, from rice balls to persimmon leaf sushi (laughs).
Route outline
Route 480
Aim for Daimon from Kudoyama Station. There were several places where the road was one-way due to construction work. The road alignment is remade to be gentle at places where it is steep.
Daimon – Kongobu-ji – Pass through Okunoin entrance (prefectural road No. 53)
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There are many tourists, and there are many crosswalks without traffic lights. If there are pedestrians, stop immediately.
Prefectural Route 53
Route 371 (Koya Ryujin Skyline) near Koya-cho Otaki was closed due to landslides, so Route 53 was used as a detour.
VIDEO
Route 168
One of several major routes between Nara and Wakayama. The course is easy to run with wide roads and gentle corners.
Road Station Yoshinoji Daito
A resting point on Route 168. There were a lot of bikes that day too. Witness a police motorcycle running on Route 168 during a break
Section 4 Road Station Yoshinoji Daito – Yanagiya
Route outline
VIDEO
Route 168
Exit the Michi-no-Eki Yoshinoji Daito and follow Route 168.
Prefectural Route 20
From National Route 168, drive on Prefectural Route 20 to go to National Route 309, which runs east. It is also wide and loose.
Route 309
Take Route 309 to get to Kakinoha Sushi Yanagiya. I write a lot, but when I’m running, I don’t think about anything. I run as instructed, and later I desperately collect memories and summarize them in articles.
Kakinoha-zushi Yanagiya
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For delicious persimmon leaf sushi, go here! Founded in 1911 【Yanagiya】│Nara Japan
A long-established persimmon leaf sushi restaurant in Gose City, Nara. https://youtu.be/Lc2X1zkQUoA?feature=shared&t=408?vq=highres 【What is Kakinoha-zu…
5 Furuse, Gose City, Nara Prefecture 639-2254
Section 5 Yanagiya – Higashi-Osaka
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Route outline
Route 309
Leave Yanagiya and take Route 309 to Osaka.
Route 200
It’s hard to find where to enter from Route 309. I was going to run on the green road, but there was a sign prohibiting motorcycle traffic. I have no choice but to run on Route 200 and go out in the direction of Habikino.
South Hanna Road
This touring ended with going in the opposite direction. I think it was around 6:30 gathering ~ 15:00 dissolution
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