Bandai Azuma Skyline in Fukushima pref. JAPAN driving GR86

Bandai Azuma Skyline in Fukushima pref. JAPAN driving GR86

The winter road closure was lifted on 25 April. Since then, I have been waiting for the weather of Fukushima to clear up. 8 May. Until the previous day, 7 May, a night closure had been in place until 8am. But from this day, it was lifted. I got there around 6.30am and the gate was open. The video is combined from two runs of the whole route, so it is daytime during the run and morning in the parking lot. So the parking lot footage is a little darker, but please forgive me. It has been quite a few days since the road closure was lifted. I was worried that there might not be any snow left, but there was more snow than I expected. In some places, melt water was running on the road making what is called “wash over”. I continued to press the accelerator without hesitating, and the rear wheels slipped. There was snow mixed in with the melt water. Don’t let your guard down, I said to myself. Umimi-toge means a pass where you can see the lakes. But I wasn’t sure where the lake was. A few kilometres before Jodo-daira, a wall of snow appeared. That was nice, but there were a lot of branches sticking out of the wall on the left side. This is a section where you want to stay as far from the left as possible, so it is terrifying when oncoming car comes. Usagi-daira means hare plateau. Just after Usagidaira, Jododaira comes into view. What is ‘Jodo’ in Jodo-daira? ‘Jodo’ means the pure paradise to which our souls can go after being liberated from the circle of reincarnation. It is far, far away, trillions of Buddhist miles to the west. Amida Buddha lives there. ‘Daira’ is a plateau. I saw the toll booth, but the entrance on this side was closed and I couldn’t get in. It was 500 yen per day for a normal-sized passenger car. The rest house had a souvenir shop and a nice restaurant on the ground floor. I went up the stairs between the famous actors to the upper floor. This was initially used as a restaurant, but is now a spacious free rest area. The large windows offered a spectacular view. I crossed the road and climb up to Mt. Azuma Kofuji. Kofuji means a miniature Mt. Fuji. The specialty roasted sweet potato was not available. Congratulations on your marriage. Due to volcanic gases, this is a no-parking zone. It is dangerous to park here and take photos. I pray for the safety of the couple and the photographer. I think I have seen some people taking wedding photos at tourist spots recently. I saw them near the Shinto Bridge in Nikko, and also at the tulip area in Hitachi Seaside Park. Certainly it would be a wonderful memory to have a professional photographer take commemorative photos of you at a tourist spot. Let’s run through the Jodo-daira in the opposite direction this time. That’s all for the video. Thank you very much for watching.

content
00:00 Opening
00:47 Kunimi-dai
01:39 Tenpu-kyou
02:46 Umimi-toge
03:40 Snow Walls
05:34 Usagi-daira
05:49 Jodo is coming into view
07:00 Jodo-daira Parking
08:01 Azuma Kofuji
10:11 Driving Jodo Daira
17:05 Tengu’s Garden
17:46 Observation Deck
18:37 Tsubakuro Valley Parking
19:01 Driving Jodo-daira Backward

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