Panasonic LX100 at an effective 32mm — 1/125 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Part of the bicycle path leaving Kyoto toward Osaka
嫌だ!京都市内の大阪へのサイクリングロード
僕が作った迂回ルート。泥も凸凹もない。
English follows this short Japanese version of the post...
京都から大阪へのサイクリングコースはほとんど良いですが、京都市内では嫌な部分も有ります。 泥、水、砂、凸凹。この範囲は楽しくないので、別のルートを作りました。 ルートは難しくないが、説明はちょっと複雑ですので、上の地図を見て下さい。 それとルートのGPXファイルを準備しました。 帰り道は行く道とちょっと違うし、来年の4月までの工事の為に迂回もあり、4つのダウンロードを作りました。
2017年3月31日まで | 2017年4月1日から | |
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京都から大阪へ |
京都から大阪へ |
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大阪からの帰り道 | 大阪からの帰り道 |
In my first blog post about cycling to Osaka from Kyoto, one can see photos of the lovely bicycle route that spans much of the 40~50 kilometers (~30 miles). My other posts that include the trip also show scenes of the lovely, flat, smooth, bicycle path.
What I haven't shown much, besides the photo above that appeared last week, is a horrible ~4km (~2.5mi) section of the path that exits eastern Kyoto. It's full of teeth-rattling bone-jarring bumps, in addition to sections of mud, water, sand, and gravel. I deeply dislike riding it.
So, I sought to find a replacement “standard route” that avoided what made that route so nasty, without introducing anything worse, and I think I've found one.
I'll go full-on geektard for this post to help me get back into blogging after the recent break, but for those interested in just the route, here it is in the form of a downloadable GPX file:
For completeness I've shown the route from the common starting point of the Sanjo Street bridge, but my route doesn't differ from the “standard” route until about Kyujo Street.
Let's follow along....
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/125 sec, f/5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
今日のルートは三条大橋で始まりま〜す。
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
for half a kilometer; this is the most bumpy part of the route
歩道で450m南へ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
川沿い遊歩道へ下る
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
(watch out for other traffic)
合流する
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
二キロ続く
Still part of the “standard route”, after about two kilometers, we'll need to cross over to the other side of the river. We'll come up to a long slope coming down on our left... we'll do a U-Turn and head back up that slope to street level, do another U-Turn and continue south along the sidewalk for a bit until we get to a bridge, cross the bridge, go down a slope and do one more U-Turn....
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
七条のすぐ後で上がる
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
... if you see this. It warns that there are only stairs from here on.
これ見ると行き過ぎです。
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
on the right is the slope we'd come up from; on the left is the slope we'll soon go down
渡る
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
then do a U-Turn to continue south
下って、Uターン
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
under the railroad bridge is a common place for folks to practice music
JRの鉄道の下
The route normally continues for three kilometers on this side of the river, but due to some construction
not scheduled to be finished until March 31 next year, we have to take an ugly little detour...
The construction is done, so you can just continue straight here...
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
そのまま真っ直ぐ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
やっと迂回は終わりました。
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
最近出来たサイクリングロード
The Google Earth view of this path shows a quagmire of construction mud, but the path is not complete. It's not quite as smooth as the photo might make it appear, but it's plenty fine and one can go quite fast on it.
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
with a U-Turn cut back up to the street
終点で道へ上がる
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
南へ続く
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm — 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
踏切で止まりたくない場合にはここで下がって、鉄道の下へ
This little section of the route crosses a JR track. If you're in a rush and don't want to take the chance of getting stopped at the signal, you can cut down this path to a small street that goes under the tracks.
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
but what's with my focus problems?!
まっすぐ行くと、踏切で止まる必要はあるかもしれない
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 33mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
where the under-the-tracks road meets back up with the path
どっちら通ってもここで左へ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
渡る
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
After the Bridge, Turn Right and Continue South
渡って後右へ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
短いトーネル二つを通る
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
そうして三つ目のトーネルを通る...
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
do not take the bike path that leads up and to the right
三つ目のトーネルの直ぐ後左へ。ここではサイクリングロードに戻らない。
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
concrete, a concrete plant, and graffiti
大きい道へ上がる
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
when joining the main road
ここから60mは歩道で。そうして右へ。
After having turned left just after the short tunnel, you have come up an exit from a main road. When you get to the main road, continue on the sidewalk (because you're against traffic) for a short 60m to the first right. That'll put you on a road that wraps around the ugly concrete plant...
A few moments later you'll need to go under the expressway through a small tunnel. Take care, as traffic comes flying out of the tunnel without regard to little safety-related things like maintaining one's lane...
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
as you approach and enter the tunnel on the left
左側にトーネルの出入り口。十分注意して下さい。車はぶっと出ます。
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/125 sec, f/1.7, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
狭いですが短い
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
the street is big, but has little traffic
出ってから右へ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
ここから横断歩道で向こうの右方向へ
After about half a kilometer, the nice road ends near a huge intersection that we need to get to the complete other side of using crosswalks. This'll get us facing west, waiting to cross National Route 1...
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
my detour has the same number of traffic lights as what it replaces
but this light is long
1号線を渡る
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
after crossing Route 1
渡った後二つ目の左へ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
ここは左
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
for a moment, then turn left when it ends
その後すぐ左へ
This is the one area that has a different route during the return. On the return, instead of retracing your steps back up this short branch road, cross under the main road and take the branch on the other side, joining the main road just in time to cross Route 1. Then you're back on the same route as before.
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 49mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
but take care, side traffic approaches blindly
この交差点は直進ですが、十分に注意してください
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 37mm — 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
交差点の後千本通になります
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
the second and final traffic light of the detour
この交差点でも直接です。
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
after about half a kilometer past the intersection
そろそろ
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/125 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
この路地に入る
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — 1/200 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
短い
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — 1/320 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
やっとサイクリングロードです!
Panasonic LX100 at an effective 72mm — 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
on the way back from Osaka, turn off the path here and retrace the detour
大阪から帰る場合はこのシーンで降りてルートを引き返す
Another option at the end, instead of cutting down the little alley, is to continue south on Senbon for another 1.2km. For much of the way it parallels the cycling path...
If you read this far, it almost certainly took you longer to get here than it would to actually ride the path. It probably took me longer to write this post up than it took the city to pave the whole thing. It probably wasn't worth it, but this is how I get my geek on, I guess.
At least I know that for me, having a route like this available makes heading to Osaka much more appealing. I just can't stand the bone-jarring bumps of the standard route; the lack of mud and water on this route is just icing on the top.
Hi, Jeffrey! Greetings from California. I really enjoyed this photo journey. There are things I would never see in a typical photo essay about Japan, and it made it seem less formal and frightening than I imagined. Thank you for your effort and artistry in putting it together.
Mary Anne
Very gray version of Kyoto 🙂 I like it anyway!