Shin Aormori Station

The 1000km race makes a big loop around the boundary of Aomori Prefecture, taking the racer from the Pacific Coast to the Japan Sea Coast. Minimal traffic roads will take the rider through pine forests that line rugged coastlines, birch covered mountains, three large lakes, rice fields and apple orchards surrounding the conical shaped Mountain Iwaki. An additional perk of this ride is a communal hot spring bath right on a beach that the racer might love dipping into before resuming on the last 250km stretch of the race.