Following the previous posts, 2000km Year-End Touring with Porsche Boxster 【Day 1】 and 2000km Year-End Touring with Porsche Boxster 【Day 2】, my husband has written the article for Day 3.
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Heading Toward Aso in the Boxster

At last, the Kyushu Arrival Chapter begins here. We booked a stay in Yanagawa City because, depending on the weather and climate that day, it would be easy to approach either the Aso area or Nagasaki area.

That day, thanks to the rain the night before, the early morning was cloudy, but the weather forecast showed it would clear up quickly. Plus, the temperature was a very warm 12-13°C. So, we decided to head toward the Aso area.

We initially planned to take mountain roads like K52 to Aso, but due to a navigation setting mistake, we ended up taking R210, which was just a normal route with no excitement. Losing some time here was regrettable. We chose a route heading south along the Sky Farm Road Hita.

As expected from a dead-end road, traffic was zero. We had the entire road to ourselves. After all, only serious lovers of spirited driving would deliberately choose a dead-end road.

The roar of the Boxster echoed between the mountains. The tachometer needle stayed firmly past 12 o’clock. The 3.4L flat-six in the Boxster GTS spins lightly and sings beautifully. Compared to engines like the GT3’s, it’s not especially explosive in response or power, but its lightness and the sound it produces even at low revs are top-notch. It feels wonderful.

We continued along the Milk Road toward Daikanbo. The weather was perfect, and with few tourists around, we had the road almost to ourselves. After a break at Daikanbo, we took K111 to drive the Aso Panorama Line. On weekends, this road is usually crowded with tourist cars and buses, forcing slow driving, but that day it was wide open, allowing us to fully enjoy it.

It might be an exaggeration to call it the Stelvio Pass, but the road environment felt like being overseas as we sped through Aso in the Boxster. It was simply exhilarating to drive. Many people say driving is a chore, but to those people I want to say, “Try driving Aso once in a Boxster.”

Everyone will surely have a pure, innocent smile like a child riding a go-kart at an amusement park.