UMIYAMA Route
This route goes through downtown Ube and provides views of the karst plateau at Mine and the coastline at Yamaguchi. It is a long route that gives cyclists plenty of time to enjoy both the city sights and the natural landscape of sea and mountains.
Route Information
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- Total route distanceAbout 160 km
- Average cycling timeAbout 10 hours
- Start/finish locationsStarts/at Yamaguchi Ube Airport
Finishes/at Yamaguchi Ube Airport - Maximum altitude difference303m
Sightseeing along the Cycling Routes
- Highlight!Ride alongside Tokiwa Lake, a registered World Heritage Irrigation Structure!
- Highlight!The paved road that runs by Ono Lake is recommended as a pleasant place to cycle.
- Highlight!This long, straight road leads you through the peaceful meadow while the cows look on.
- Highlight!Ride through the countryside
- Highlight!Akiyoshidai
- Highlight!This is the perfect location overlooking the Suonada waters, where you can see all the way across to Kyushu and Shikoku on a day with nice weather. The hotel is also known for its Japanese tiger prawn cuisine.
- Highlight!A coastal road overlooking Aio Bay
- Highlight!Suo-Ohashi Bridge takes you over the broad tidal flats and Seto Inland Sea.
Cycling Routes
Tourist spot
- Tokiwa Park
- Tokiwa Museum
- Tokiwa Zoo
- Katakura Onsen Kubota
- Ube 72 Ajisu Spa Hotel
- Ofuku Roadside Station
- Ofuku Onsen
- Beppubenten Pond
- Kagekiyodo Cave
- Taishodo Cave
- Kagekiyodo Thoron Onsen
- Akiyoshidai
- Akiyoshido Cave
- Mito Roadside Station
- Aio Roadside Station
- Kaicho no Yado Aioso
- Kirara Ajisu Roadside Station
Aid/Pit/Station
- Tokiwa Park
- Tokiwa Zoo
- Kawaradani Park
- Act Village Ono
- Ofuku Roadside Station
- Suijin Park
- Ofuku Onsen
- Kagekiyodo Thoron Onsen
- Taishodo Cave
- Akiyoshidai Karst Observation Deck
- Akiyoshidai Family Recreation Village
- Yamaguchi-minami Sogo Center
- Iwayasan Jizoin Temple
- Aio Roadside Station
- Kaicho no Yado Aioso
- Kirara Ajisu Roadside Station