Meerkat Drives – North Part of Oita/Kumamoto/Miyagi Pref. Road No. 8 (大分・熊本・宮崎県道8号) (2024-02-12)
After the visit to Harajiri Falls (原尻の滝), we would travel to Takachiho (高千穂) following a route that to the west of Mount Sobo (祖母山), meaning a trip through the Prefectural Road No. 8 across three prefectures of Oita, Kumamoto, and Miyagi. Though it doesn’t fit the description of a danger road (険道), it is still not what I would expect from a prefectural road. In fact, this drive introduced to me that there are roads that are not well-paved, or even well maintained, in Japan but yet being assigned as National/Prefectural roads. The section driven in this video is the part between Takeda (竹田) and Takachiho (高千穂町) is relatively simple, but apparently the part onward to Gokase (五ヶ瀬) is harder to drive.
從原尻瀑布出發到高千穗可由祖母山東面或西面而過, 這次是經祖母山西面的大分・熊本・宮崎県道8号竹田五ヶ瀬線. 這次只是會由竹田到高千穗, 而不是県道8号的全線. 這部分並不能稱得上日本人說的”険道”, 但也不是單純的雙線雙程路. 所以這次旅程讓我知道有酷道/険道這些不好走的路存在, 倒是有趣的.
Background music:
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Coastal Cave
フリーBGM MOMIZizm MUSiC
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:10 – Introduction
00:25 – Start of drive from Harajiri Falls
05:55 – Arriving at the junction for Pref. Road No. 8
10:40 – Start of single lane driving
19:00 – Entering Kumamoto Prefecture
21:00 – Nagano settlement (永野集落)
22:25 – Poor roadkill
30:15 – Tsuru (津留)
33:10 – Entering Miyagi Prefecture
36:35 – End of single-lane road (for this part)
43:40 – Kawachi Tahara (河内田原)
45:50 – Leaving Pref. Road No. 8 towards Takachiho
48:40 – The last part of drive coming to Takachiho