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See Karuizawa's Cycling Map Here Karuizawa Cycling Map A Guide to the Beautiful Town of Karuizawaap ing M Cycl How to Read the Cycling Map Welcome to the wellness resort Karuizawa Key Points to keep in mind when cycling Access to Karuizawa Tourist Information Police Station/Box Center 1. Cyclists are required to use the mandatory bikeways or driveways. However, Naka-Karuizawa/ Sengataki Area Shin-/Kyu- Sightseeing Spot in any of the following cases, cyclists may use sidewalks. (Does not apply to Karuizawa Karuizawa Area Fire Station tandem bicycles.) Town Shopping Spot Hot Springs When there is a sign or indication that bicycles are allowed on a sidewalk Park 2 1 Art Museum/ Museum Oiwake Area Sport Facility かるいざわ Minami- Post Office Toilet 5 Karuizawa/ Lake Shiozawa Hotchi Area Area Shrine Ostomates’ Toilet 3 Convenience Store In cases the cyclist is aged 70 and older, or children aged 12 and under 4 School When riding on the driveway is hazardous due to construction or other factors ATM Church 2. When riding on a driveway, keep on the left side. Emergency Shelter Hospital 3. When riding on a sidewalk, please ride slowly yielding pedestrians’ right of Kanazawa ❼ Toyama Wi-Fi Spot way. (Do not obstruct pedestrians.) ❽ Bank Nagano Golf Course 4. Observe the following safety rules. Sightseeing/Historic Nagano Expy Gas Station Riding under the influence of alcohol, riding double, and riding side by side is Joshin’etsu Expy Site Hokuriku prohibited. Shinkansen Fujioka JCT BusStop Ride with your light on at night. Karuizawa Abide by the traffic lights at intersections; come to a complete stop and check that it is safe to proceed. Emergency contact Area code (0267) Shinano Using your cell phone or a similar device while riding is prohibited. (Limited Express) Chuo Expy Joshin’etsu Expy Hokuriku Karuizawa Police ☎42-0110 5. Have children wear helmets. Shinkansen Okaya JCT Karuizawa Municipal Hospital ☎45-5111 6. Cyclists riding a tandem bicycle should use either bikeways or driveways. Nagoya Kan’etsu Expy Bikeway Area code (0267) Tokyo Taxi & bus phone numbers Central Japan International Airport Matsuba Taxi ☎42-2181 Train Car Daiichi Kotsu ☎42-2221 Karuizawa Kanko Taxi ☎45-5408 at the numbered ❶ Karuizawa - Tokyo 1 hr 7 min Haneda Narita These signs are posted ❷ Nagano - Karuizawa 32 min Airport Airport Asama Kanko Taxi ☎45-5264 points on the map along the cycling road. ❸ Nagano - Nagano 2 hrs 53 min 28 Obey them as you go. ❹ Karuizawa - Tokyo 2 hrs 28 min (174 km) Masuya Kotsu ☎45-5223 ❺ Nagano - Karuizawa 1 hrs 36 min (76.4 km) Seibu Kogen Bus ☎45-5045 軽井沢バイパス ❻ Nagano - Nagano 3 hrs 44 min (278 km) 27 An example 鳥井原 ❼ Kanazawa – Toyama 22 min 51 左側を一列に Kusakaru Kotsu Bus ☎42-2441 28 現在地 ❽ Toyama – Nagano 46 min 29 塩沢湖 Karuizawa Kotsu ☎42-0353 2 Shojinba River Jam-packed with places to see, karuizawa the highlight of Karuizawa Shinanoji Nature Trail Shin-/Kyu-Karuizawa 1 Area 13 Kyu Mikasa Hotel Monument at the Place of Mt. Ichinoji Takeo Arishima’s Death 1336m 12 Mt. Atago The Karuizawa Resort had its beginnings as 1174m k 0.4 14 Beautiful Row of the place where Anglican Church missionary 0 Kumano Kotai Shrine . 2 k Japanese Larch Trees Alexander Croft Shaw would visit and spend Karuizawa Shaw Muro Saisei Togemachi 15 Literary Monument 0. 11 Memorial Chapel the summer. There are villas and churches and Karuizawa Oga Hall 3k Shaw House Donated to the Town of Memorial Hall 0 Observation . we invite visitors to step inside the history. 6 Platform Karuizawa by the former k St. Paul’s honorary president of Catholic Church 7 Mikasa Street Mikasa k Sony Corporation, Mr. .4 Kyu-Usui Pass 0 Kyu-Karuizawa Sightseeing Norio Oga, this music Tsurudamari k 0.3 10 8 Nite Bridge Trail hall is at the heart of Kanko Kaikan 16 0 .5k (tourist center) Karuizawa’s music Kyu-Karuizawa Golf Club k 有料 2 . 6 Karuizawa Shaw 0 culture. 9 Memorial Chapel Muro Saisei Memorial Hall k 0.3 17 Kyu-Karuizawa . Manpei Hotel The chapel is Karuizawa’s Shopping Street 0 .4 first church, founded by 18 Gozensui k Karuizawa-kai Tennis Courts 5 → 1 4 . Tokyo 0 Kyu-Karuizawa Rotary “the father of Karuizawa”, k . Union Church Canadian missionary from Hanareyama Karuizawa Tourism 1255m Promotion Center Anglican Church A. C. Pocket Park Heavy traffic Shaw. Behind it stands the Kumoba Pond Quiet Forest Be careful crossing Karuizawa 40 Course Street Main reconstruction of Shaw’s The landscape of Kumoba Pond Kyu-Karuizawa Hotel Wakita Otowanomori villa. Kumoba Pond is Museum 3 19 of Art Usui Pass Tunnel 0 beautiful throughout the . Karuizawa 3 Roppontsuji k changing seasons. The New Art Hokuriku Shinkansen 0.8k Museum fresh green of spring and Hanareyama 2 39 the fall leaves reflected Tobu Elementary Karuizawa Kataezome (stencil dyeing) Museum Karuizawa Hotel Shin- Petit Museum Karuizawa Kusabanakan To Yokokawa Longing House School Shinonome → on the surface of the Karuizawa Fukumasu 18 pond are magnificent. Shirakabado Sweets Shop 0 . Yagasaki Park 5 Also known as Swan k Karuizawa 0 Karuizawa Oga Hall . 7 Lake, this is one of Karuizawa Police Delicia Shin-Karuizawa k Hanareyama (supermarket) 0. Karuizawa’s renowned High School 6k 38 locations. Ichimura Rental Bicycles Shinano Railway Karuizawa Station Kyu-Karuizawa Shopping Street Seizan Golf Course Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza Tourist Information Center Since long ago, the Minamigaoka Start main street of Kyu- Goal Karuizawa Prince Snow Resorts Karuizawa has been Prince Hotel bustling with tourists. Golf Course Prince Street Prince Former Mikasa Hotel (important cultural property) The area is known as Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, a Authentic European-style wooden hotel, designed and Mt. Yagasaki constructed by Japanese hands in the latter part of the Meiji reference to the rows of 1184m Iriyamatoge Period. Designated as an important cultural property in May of summer shops opened Karuizawa Golf Club 1980. You can tour the inside of the building. by famous merchants based in Tokyo’s Ginza Narusawa neighborhood. Shin-/Kyu-Karuizawa 38 40 4 6 7 8 10 12 14 10 16 17 19 2 Course Shin-/Kyu-Karuizawa Course 0.6km 0.1km 0.6km 0.4km 0.5km 0.7km 0.6km 0.8km 0.4km 1.0km 0.3km 0.2km 1.2km 0.7km 0.4km [Distance] 9.4 km Karuizawa Station Karuizawa Shaw Kumoba Pond Karuizawa Station Entrance Intersection Entrance Intersection Memorial Chapel Google 3 Sengataki Naka-ku Great shopping, hot springs karuizawa Sezon Museum and abundant nature of Modern Art Shiotsubo Naka-Karuizawa/Sengataki Karuizawa Sengataki Hot Springs Shiotsubo Hot Springs 2 Area Karuizawa Wild Bird National Forest 146 Sengataki-minami Hoshino Hoshino Tsurudamari Naka-Karuizawa features many places Sengataki Nishi-ku Hot Springs .4k 0 43 Hakushu Kitahara Literary Monument where you can get close to nature, such as 44 Harunire Terrace Sengataki Falls and Wild Bird Forest. Enjoy a Steep upward slope Tasaki Museum of Art Hot Spring 1 Karuizawa . combination of activities, from nature walks 6 k Kogen Church There are four hot to art galleries, memorial halls, and shopping. spring facilities located Hanareyama Pension Karuizawa Forest Heavy traffic 1256m in the Naka-Karuizawa/ Be careful crossing Nagakura Shrine Sengataki area, allowing Watch out for cars Naka- 1 . 5 Chuo Community Center Karuizaw k you to relax surrounded Log-tei by nature while (Japanese BBQ Karuizawa Office Tsuchiya restaurant) soothing your body’s Horse-Riding Former Fumimaro Konoe’s Villa Club aches and pains. Karuizawa Municipal (Ichimura Memorial House) Uenohara 45 Hospital 48 42 41 Karuizawa Junior Hanareyama High School 46 47 Karuizawa Hotel Longing House Hanareyama Library Naka-Karuizawa 0.6 49 Station k Museum of Karuizawa (Kutsukake Terrace) 25 History and Police Former Fumimaro JA Folklore Karuizawa Station Chubu Be careful of the High School Konoe’s Villa Furujuku Elementary railroad crossing 1 . School 3 Minamihara (Ichimura Shinano Railway k Hanareyama Yusuge Hot Springs Memorial House) 0 Start . 7 Built in the Taisho Goal k Karuizawa Period, this building Marriott Hotel Yukawa Naka-Karuizawa Station Kutsukake Terrace Fire Station Furusato Park Minamihara was the holiday villa 18 Shiozawa Street The Naka-Karuizawa Library, accommodated in the facility of former Prime Toriibara Tsuruya (supermarket) 26 Minamigaoka provides a communal, relaxed environment where you can enjoy Minister Fumimaro 50 gathering information. A cafe bar is on the second floor, and five Konoe. After inheriting the building, the Ichimura family Toriibara-higashi Hiroshi Senju “challenge shops” are on the first floor. reconstructed and restored it. You can go inside for a look. Toriibara Museum 0.6k 27 Toriibara Community Center Shiozawa Yui Sawaya (jam shop) Naka-Karuizawa Country Club Shiozawa Yukawa Furusato Koko Fukuzawa Karuizawa By-pass Nonohana Park Flower Museum Steep road with sharp bends Watch out for cars Spanning 2 km, this park contains a variety Karuizawa Taliesin Literary Museum of facilities such as a (Lake Shiozawa) of Karuizawa Forest of Muse grass field, a futsal field, Le Vent Art Museum 157 Musee Peynet (art museum) Karuizawa Picturebook Museum/Picturesque Garden a dog run, and large Karuizawa Erz Toy Museum playground equipment, Sugiuri Karuizawa Ice Park Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Doro River offering enjoyment for (Curling Hall/Outdoor Skate Rink) Ice Arena Karuizawa Wild Bird Forest families. Also featuring 157 Karuizawa Hotchi Ichiba SCAP Karuizawa (pool & gym) a walkway around the Designated as the Japan’s first wild bird sanctuary in 1974. Here Hotchi (Market) Ground/Sports Center River Outdoor Tennis Courts park. you can observe various
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