自転車では湖や、島を1周するコースが人気です。琵琶湖1周の「ビワイチ」、淡路島1周の「アワイチ」などが有名です。
浜名湖は琵琶湖よりも小さく、1周70㎞弱と素人でも1日で余裕で回れるのでお気軽に回れるコースです。
海の近くの弁天島を起点に、反時計回りで舘山寺温泉、奥浜名湖、猪鼻湖を経由し、新井関所を回って弁天島駅に戻りました。
結構山奥の方に向かう感じですが、湖の標高は一定ですので、湖の周りを走る分には高低差は少ないです。また、東海道線や、天竜浜名湖線等の電車も走るので、走り切れない場合は輪行で戻ることも可能です。
For bicycles, the course that goes around the lake and around the island is popular. Famous include ``Biwaichi,'' which goes around Lake Biwa, and ``Awaichi,'' which goes around Awaji Island.
Lake Hamana is smaller than Lake Biwa, and one lap is just under 70km, making it an easy course that even amateurs can easily go around in one day.
Starting from Bentenjima near the sea, we headed counterclockwise via Kanzanji Onsen, Lake Okuhamana, Lake Inohana, around Arai Sekisho, and returned to Bentenjima Station.
Although it seems like you are heading deep into the mountains, the altitude of the lake is constant, so there is little difference in elevation as you drive around the lake. Trains such as the Tokaido Line and Tenryu Hamanako Line also run, so if you can't run all the way, you can return by bicycle.
スタートは弁天島駅。リゾート感あふれる駅で、風光明媚な場所です。浜名湖ガーデンパーク方面に向かいずっと湖沿いを走ります。自分の場合は、湖沿いのサイクリングロードが工事中のため少し迂回しました。
湖沿いを北上すると、浜名湖で最も観光が栄えている舘山寺温泉地区に入ります。
The starting point is Bentenjima Station. This station has a resort feel and is a scenic place. Head towards Hamanako Garden Park and continue along the lake. In my case, the cycling road along the lake was under construction, so I took a short detour.
If you go north along the lake, you will enter the Kanzanji Onsen district, which is the most popular tourist area in Lake Hamana.
舘山寺温泉を離れると観光地の雰囲気はだいぶなくなり、生活の場所の浜名湖という感じがしてきます。また、海が近い感じから山が近い感じになってきます。
天竜浜名湖鉄道の気賀駅にたどり着くと北上から西向きに進路が変わります。三ヶ日駅まで基本的に西向きに進みますが、湖の地形が複雑なので、結構方角は変わる感じでした。また、直線距離では近くても意外と距離が出ます。
Once you leave Kanzanji Onsen, the atmosphere of a tourist spot disappears and you start to feel more like Lake Hamana, a place of daily life. In addition, the feeling of being close to the ocean changes to the feeling of being closer to the mountains.
When you reach Kiga Station on the Tenryu Hamanako Railway, the course changes from north to west. We basically headed west until we reached Mikkabi Station, but the topography of the lake was complicated, so we found ourselves changing directions quite a bit. Also, even if they are close in a straight line, they can be surprisingly far apart.
レトロな駅舎の三ヶ日駅の駅舎にあるカフェで名物の三ヶ日バーガーを食べて後半戦のスタートです。弁天島の駅から三ヶ日駅まで3時間～4時間ですので、朝9時くらいにスタートするとちょうどお昼時になります。猪鼻湖の西岸を南進すると、猪鼻湖の入り口にあたる新瀬戸橋につきます。時間がないときは三ヶ日に寄らず、猪鼻湖をパスしてしまうことも可能です。
浜名湖西岸はかなり町中を走ることとなります。自然の景気が豊かな奥浜名湖エリアをは知ってきたので、交通量も多くなったなと感じます。新居町の関所まで来ると弁天島の駅まではすぐになります。
We started the second half of the race by eating the famous Mikkabi Burger at a cafe in the retro station building of Mikkabi Station. It takes 3 to 4 hours from Bentenjima Station to Mikkabi Station, so if you start at around 9am, it will be around noon. If you go south along the west coast of Lake Inohana, you will arrive at Shin-Seto Bridge, which is the entrance to Lake Inohana. If you don't have time, you can skip Lake Inohana without stopping at Mikkabi.
The west coast of Lake Hamana will run through the town quite a bit. Now that I've gotten to know the Oku-Hamanako area, which is rich in natural beauty, I feel that the traffic has increased. Once you arrive at the Araicho checkpoint, you will soon reach Bentenjima station.
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