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Sugaura as seen from Lake Biwa.
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Sugaura as seen from Lake Biwa. The Oku Biwako Parkway Road can be seen going up the mountain.
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Imazu Junior High School rowers on the shore of Sugaura. They row across the lake between Imazu and Nagahama every summer.
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They row in a fixed-seat, wooden boat based on a traditional design circa 1917. Off Sugaura. Oku Biwako Parkway Road going up the mountain.
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Scenic point at end of trail. Notice the hut.
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One entrance to Oku Biwako Parkway is at Sugaura. It's not a toll road. The most trying part of bicycling around Lake Biwa. MAP
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But the views can be marvelous. There is an alternate and less strenuous bicycling route behind the mountains, but there's no scenery like this.
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Looking at Sugaura in Nishi-Azai.
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View from Oku Biwako Parkway
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At the top of the Oku Biwako Parkway road is a lookout point.
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There's a large parking lot at the top.
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A few pretty good views from the top.
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View from Oku Biwako Parkway
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Hydrangeas
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