Suzuka Skyline — Yunoyama Onsen to Koka via BukoPass.
Distance
40 km
Duration
1 day
Climb
900 m
Suzuka Skyline — Yunoyama Onsen to Koka via Buko Pass.
A tight, technical crossing of the Suzuka Mountains on Route 477, linking the hot-spring village of Yunoyama Onsen in Mie with the ninja country of Koka in Shiga. Hairpins climb through beech forest beneath the granite crags of Mt Gozaisho to Buko Pass, then drop to the old Tokaido post town of Tsuchiyama. A favourite back-road blast near Nagoya.
Quick facts
SurfacePaved
Distance40 km
Days1
Total climb900 m
DifficultyChallenging
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The route.
Yunoyama OnsenStart · Start at this 1,300-year-old hot-spring village at the foot of Mt Gozaisho. Begin the Route 477 climb.
Gozaisho Ropeway BaseScenic Point · Foot of Mt Gozaisho (1,212m), the main peak of the Suzuka range. Granite crags loom above the road.
Buko PassMountain Pass · The summit of the skyline — tight hairpins through beech forest crossing from Mie into Shiga.
Tsuchiyama-jukuRestaurant · Station 49 of the old Tokaido highway, where travellers once rested before the steep Suzuka crossing.
KokaEnd · End in Koka, ninja country in southern Shiga. Easy roads back toward Lake Biwa or the expressway.
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