Sixteen Motorcycle Roads
2014-06-27
Years ago, the BikeJin motorcycle magazine published a list of the top roads in Japan. That was later posted to Motorcycle Paradise, where I found it. Here is a list of the roads, along with information on ones I've ridden. Have fun on your travels!
Shiretoko Odan Road | 知床横断道路 | 2011 ✓ |
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Zao Echoline | 蔵王エコーライン | 2013 ✓ |
Chokai Blue Line | 鳥海ブルーライン | 2013 ✓ |
Izu Skyline | 伊豆スカイライン | 2014 ✓ |
Bandai-Azuma Skyline | 磐梯吾妻スカイライン | 2014 ✓ |
Hachimantai Aspite Line | 八幡平アスピーテライン | 2014 ✓ |
Venus Skyline | ビーナスライン | 2014 ✓ |
Shiga Kusatsu Road | 志賀草津道路 | 2015 ✓ |
Tatsudomari Line | 竜泊ライン | 2018 ✓ |
Tsunoshima Big Bridge | 角島大橋 | 2020 ✓ |
Chirihama Nagisa Driveway | 千里浜なぎさドライブウェイ | 2020 ✓ |
Shimanami Expressway | しまなみ海道 | 2023 ✓ |
Mikata Goko Rainbow Line | 三方五湖レインボーライン | The Mikata Goko Rainbow Line is an eleven kilometer toll road near the coast of Fukui. The road itself is named after the five (go) lakes (ko) of Mikata. Fukui is located to the north of Kyoto and Osaka and to the west of Nagoya. If you live in any of those cities, you could make a reasonable day trip up and around and back. |
Koya Ryujin Skyline | 高野龍神スカイライン | The Koya Ryujin Skyline is a forty kilometer stretch of Highway 371 in the mountains of Wakayama. |
Aso Panorama Line | 阿蘇パノラマライン | The Aso Panorama Line refers to sections of Highway 111 and Highway 298 that go across the foothills of Mount Aso in Kumamoto, Kyushu. Though Kyushu as a whole is a great place to ride in the winter, mountains such as this one see real amounts of snow. |
Yamanami Highway | やまなみハイウェイ | The Yamanami Highway is a section of Highway 11 in central Kyushu. The southern terminus is in Aso, and the northern terminus is in Yufu. |