Name of Attraction : Kurushimakaikyo Bridge
Tripadvisor Name : Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge
Name of Shop : Sunrise Itoyama Bicycle Hire サンライズ糸山
Tripadvisor Name : Sunrise Itoyama
Address (住所) : 〒794-0001 愛媛県今治市砂場町2丁目8番1
AREA : Imabari 今治市
TEL : 0898-41-3196
Website : http://www.sunrise-itoyama.jp/
Opening Hrs : ...
Parking (駐車場) : limited lots 30 available
Bicycle Hire Cost
Adult : 1000¥ per day
Primary School kid and below : 300¥ per day
Deposit
Adult : 1000¥ per day
Primary School kid and below : 500¥ per day
Cycle
1. The bicycle rental info is in English and the counter staff speaks a bit of English as well. Take the mountain bike option (it’s lighter and easier).
2. The cycling staff ensured that we knew how to change gears, what gear to use for easy cycling and offered us helmets, which we refused.
3. The bicycle shop will tell you how to get to the cycling lane : it's to the right after exiting the shop and carpark. The cycling path is well marked in blue on the roads.
4. It was relatively easy, except for the part going up the ramp to the bridge on both sides(when we walked the bike), and for Oshima Island, where it is slightly uphill after the Roadside Station Yoshiumi Ikiiki-kan よしうみいきいき館.
5. We didn’t eat at the Roadside Station, as it was closed for maintenance.
6. All in all, we spent a few hours doing about 20+ km. I believe the bridge itself is about 4+ km long. We didn't even know we had cycled the world's longest suspension bridge (LOL), only after we showed our friends a photo of it on Whatsapp. We were rewarded with breathtaking views of the surrounding inland sea, the small islands and of course, this amazing structure on a beautiful day ! We took our time to cycle, as we had only the intention to cycle to the next island Oshima Island, until our legs were tired, and head back.
Walk
1. We came here again at night after dinner, to take a nice cool walk up the bridge. We did not walk any length of the bridge. The night view simply cannot compare with the day view !
Drive
1. Finally, we drove across the whole Shimanami expressway, to stop over at 2 or 3 islands for another day of outing on a fine day.
2. The highlight was the view from Kirosan Observation Park 亀老山展望公園 on Oshima Island.
3. We drove from island to island, and we stopped at Omishima Island Roadside Station Tatara Shimanami Park 多々羅しまなみ公園 for a good lunch.
4. The other islands did not offer any interesting attractions and we were mainly out for a day drive across the islands.
5. This trip cost us the most, in terms of paying for the toll from island to island :
- 1st bridge : 1750¥
- 2nd bridge : 570¥
- 3rd bridge : 460¥
- 1 way return : 2620¥
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| Going up the bridge from the Bicycle Hire shop |
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| Going down the bridge at Oshima Island |
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| Finally ! |
1. The Sunrise Itoyama is not only a bicycle rental hire shop but a hotel as well.
