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I've cycled to Kobe twice. On both occasions I went there during the World Cup 2002 to take a few pictures in front of the Wing Stadium. The 2, 1st stage games were Russia-Tunisia and Sweden-Nigeria. There was also one 2nd stage game played (Brazil-Belgium), but to that I went by train from Osaka. In short, the route to Kobe from Osaka sucks. I don't think there are many alternatives that one can take other than the main road. Probably every road between Osaka and Kobe is crowded with cars and people. Not my favourite place to cycle. Getting from Northern Osaka to Kyoto is much easier than from Kashiwara. The difficult part here is cycling from Kashiwara to Osaka. It's only about 20 km to Umeda, but it's through the city. Passed Umeda, along Yodo river is a service road that leads towards Kyoto. The road is ridiculous though. It has gates every hundred metres preventing cars and scooters from entering it at night to race. On top of that, there are speed bumps inbetween the gates. Still much better than cycling on the roads full of cars. The service road ends before Kyoto, but in the city there are cycling paths. It's actually pleasant to cycle around the city. The path that I cycled on follows the main river that runs through Kyoto. |
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