Bandai Azuma Road (Bandai Azuma Skyline) is a toll road formerly located in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. It used to be a toll road managed by the Fukushima Prefectural Road Public Corporation, but was permanently opened to the public free of charge in 2013. It is part of the Fukushima-Azuma-Urabandai Route, Fukushima Prefectural Road No. 70. Even after the free-of-charge opening, the name Bandai-Azuma Skyline is still used as a common name.

It was like driving through an American desert, and like the Kusatsu-Shiga Kogen route, the road running through a volcanic area gave an unrealistic feeling, and the section from Tsubakurodani to Jodododaira was spectacular.

The section from Tsubakuro-dani to Jodododaira was so spectacular that I had to make a U-turn at the Jododaira rest house and go through it again...

00:00 Opening
03:08 A pigeon led us where we were going...
07:00 1000 meters above sea level
10:35 White birch peak
11:55 Fudosawa Bridge, Tsubakuro Valley
16:05 Tengu no Niwa (The view from this area is spectacular...)
19:00 Entering the volcanic zone
21:16 It looks like Arizona, U.S.A. (I have never been there)
24:25 Jododaira Rest House Here we make a U-turn and go through the scenic section again.
28:58 Here we make another U-turn and warp back to Jododaira Rest House...
32:52 The highest point of Bandai-Azuma Skyline (elevation: 1622m)
43:31 Komi Pass
47:01 Kunimidai

Camera] Nikon Z9
Lens] NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 S

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