There's something about hill roads

[dagbrown]

I went for a quick bomb up and down a famous Japanese road called “Irohazaka” today. Its name translates loosely into English as “Alphabet Hill”-each hairpin bend on Irohazaka is named after a character in the classical Japanese syllabary. There are 50 classical Japanese characters, and there are 50 hairpin bends on Irohazaka.

I’ve ridden up and

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[akibare]

I imagine the leaf colors are good this time of year?

That road must be amazing on a bike. Mostly I've been on it on a bus (during great scenery times, which was fun fun) and in the back of a small car as a kid, where it was all about avoiding barfing :)