坂出駅から瀬戸大橋を輪行し、児島駅からのスタート。児島駅は瀬戸大橋線開業でできた比較的新しい駅です。1990年までは下津井電鉄が児島駅（JRとは場所が異なる）と下津井駅を走っておりました。ナローゲージの廃線跡は現在遊歩道として整備されております。下津井エリアから再度児島に戻り、ジーンズストリートを経て岡山駅へ。岡山駅に戻る道すがら、木華佐久耶比咩神社と熊野神社に立ち寄りました。
From Sakaide Station, cycle along Seto Ohashi Bridge and start from Kojima Station. Kojima Station is a relatively new station that was created when the Seto Ohashi Line opened. Until 1990, Shimotsui Electric Railway ran between Kojima Station (different location from JR) and Shimotsui Station. The ruins of the narrow gauge railway line are currently being developed as a promenade. From the Shimotsui area, return to Kojima and go to Okayama Station via Jeans Street. On the way back to Okayama Station, I stopped at Konohana Sakuyahime Shrine and Kumano Shrine.
まずは児島駅から下津井エリア。倉敷市ではありますが、旧児島市エリアで、倉敷とは全く違う雰囲気です。下津井電鉄の廃線跡は一部未舗装ですが、おおよそ快適なサイクリングを楽しめます。
First, go to the Shimotsui area from Kojima Station. Although it is in Kurashiki City, it is in the former Kojima City area and has a completely different atmosphere from Kurashiki. Some parts of the abandoned Shimotsui Electric Railway line are unpaved, but you can enjoy a comfortable cycling experience.
児島といえばジーンズストリート。岡山の繊維産業は有名で、BOBSONやBIGJOHNなども岡山なんです。その他学生服や、作業服なども有名ですね。ジーンズストリートは児島駅からやや離れた場所にあるので、自転車が重宝しますしインスタ映えします。
Speaking of Kojima, it is Jeans Street. Okayama's textile industry is famous, and BOBSON and BIGJOHN are also from Okayama. Other items such as school uniforms and work uniforms are also famous. Jeans Street is located a little far from Kojima Station, so bicycles are useful and Instagrammable.
ジーンズストリートを後にし、岡山駅まで走ります。一部茶屋町まではサイクリングロードも整備されていて快適に走れました。途中大きな神社である木華佐久耶比咩神社と熊野神社に立ち寄りました。
Leave Jeans Street and run to Okayama Station. There is also a cycling road up to Chayamachi, so I was able to ride comfortably. On the way, we stopped at the large shrines Konohana Sakuyahime Shrine and Kumano Shrine.
