Boxster to Mt. Hakkouda

With a short break in between, we headed north to graze the city, although Hachinohe City was approaching. And thenTake R394 and head west toward the Hakkoda Mountains next.and proceed.

The Google map below shows the route as being on R102, but this is because it was not possible to pull off the route of R394 due to construction. In reality, the route is R394.

As the altitude increases, the air becomes crisp and cool, filling the interior of the Boxster with a chill. A few flakes of snow after plowing became noticeable on the side of the road.

Unfortunately, there are many tourist cars around the Sangayu public parking lot, so we cannot enjoy the R394 as much as we would like, but the scenery and the road are still great. We continued down the road to the Sea of Japan side, enjoying the atmosphere and scenery more than the driving.

Heading south with Mt.

I should be on my way home by tomorrow, but when I checked my navigation system, it said it would take more than 13 hours.

I was thinking of staying in the Hirosaki City area today, but since it is further away than I thought, I decided to stay a little further south. I hurriedly searched for available hotels on my smartphone.

After all.We booked a hotel in Sakata City and decided to head south to Sakata City for the day.

On the way, there were some sections where the highway could not be used due to accidents, but the public roads in this area flow at a good pace, so it was not that stressful. As we were heading south, a large mountain came into view. It is Mt. I remember enjoying the Chokai Blue Line on a previous Tohoku touring trip.

As expected, time was against me this time, so I ran along the country road at dusk, admiring its grandeur from afar.

By the time we arrived at the hotel, the sun had completely set and it was dark. The trip meter showed that we had run 663.6 km in one day. I was indeed tired, so I went to bed early.

Departure for Kansai on the last day

The next morning we left a little late. The front bumper was covered with a tremendous amount of dead insects. After driving around so hard and for such a long time, it was no wonder. Since we were only going home today, we proceeded to the highway without cleaning the Boxster.

With the top closed, we slowly flowed around the overtaking lane. We headed south on the Hokuriku Expressway as if to cool down, remembering the pleasant roads of the past few days.

After passing Kanazawa, heavy rain began to fall again, further slowing our pace. By the time we entered the Meishin Expressway, the weather had recovered and we could see the sunset in the distant sky.

The total distance traveled this time was 3117 km.This time, in fact, the hotels are allroute innThe consistency of the quality is amazing. The quality is consistent, and I am not disappointed anywhere I stay, so it is nice to be able to spend every day with the same quality.

It has a large parking lot and is recommended for this type of stoic touring.

However, theThe roads in the Northeast were great.All the roads were challenging to drive, large in scale, beautiful, and most of all, with very little traffic. There are still many roads in Tohoku that I would like to visit, and the roads we drove this time were only a small part of them.

Next time, I would like to run a little slower and incorporate a sightseeing element.

Route map for this time