We are rolling the Biwako Gravel Ride event do not miss out You have time to train you have time to prepare no excuses this may be the last open to the fans of Backcountry Japan Biwako event we run. The day begins in Nagahama City just a across the street from Nagahama station. We will start our journey north around the beautiful farming villages. Passing by temples 🏯and shrines ⛩️into the countryside with beautiful mountains 🏔️ in the background the visuals will be epic. Our fist check point will be at Roadside station Shiotsukaido Ajikama-no-sato 道の駅 塩津海道・あぢかまの里. A welcome oasis before we head up our climbing section. Over Yokonami Park. We will have lunch there. 🍙 🍙 🥪🥪🍏🍎🍌 the next section will be amazing as we make our way south down the lake through the gravel roads and into the lake side campground ⛺️. Our next stop is a oddity but definitely worth a photograph or two 海津迎賓館 (Golden Gate Guesthouse) 🏯. From this section we make our way around south along the lake until we peel off to the gravel roads and countryside again riding through rice fields and farming villages until we arrive at our accommodations in Takashima.

Day 2

Up at the crack of dawn 🌞we will see the sun rise over Biwako and the beautiful Shirahige Shrine Tori ⛩️. The point of interest is a photo stop on Biwako Bridge shortly afterwards we will stop at the Biwako sign. Heading north we will stop at Myotokuryuo Shrine. From this point we will cut in to the interior via a cycling path to the historical Hachiman-bori Moat. Stopping here for a noodle 🍜 lunch. Our next location is the Lake Biwa Yoshibue Road cycling path. Then we will ride north through the farmland and vineyards to Hikone castle 🏯our last effort will be a quick ride along the coast of Lake Biwa from Hikone to our destination in Nagahama.