Yamagata - possible routes

Yamadera and the valley around Tendo ⇒ 2 days, 65 km (or less)

• Access:
• Ichinoseki to Yamadera: 2 h, 1 change

• Day 1: Yamadera & hotel ⇒  1 day, 18 km (but a lot of stair climbing)
• See Garmin YGA Yamadera - Tendo - Yamagata
• Descending slightly
• There seems to be a bicycle lane along the river flowing through Yamadera, but Garmin does not find it. This part of the tour is suggested here: http://cycle-guide.panasonic.jp/special/yamahon/112.do
• Attractions
• Yamadera Temple
• Accommodation
• In Yamadera apparently only one Ryokan
• Hotels in Tendo
• Day 2: Tendo to Yamagata ⇒  1 day, 47 km (or 25 km)
• See Garmin YGA Yamadera - Tendo - Yamagata
• This includes an excursion up into a valley, one can also just go straight to Yamagata
• Attractions:
• Valley ?
• Accommodation
• Yamagata or Niigata or Aizu-Wakamatsu

• See here for a link to the actual ride in Yamagata 

• Link to other courses
• Links to the course in Iwate to Hiraizumi
• Links to Aizu-Wakamatsu
• Links to Sado Island course
• Access:
• Yamadera to Niigata: 4:30 - 6 h either 3 train changes or to Sendai and by bus to Niigata
• Yamagata to Niigata: 3:40 h, either direct bus or train 1 or 2 changes
• Yamagata to Aizu-Wakamatsu: 2:50 h, 1 change of train