The most terrible road in Kyushu

After that, head south on R265 toward Shiiba Village.This R265 is also part of the Kamimashiki Aso Southern Route.It is a wonderful, pleasant road. There are a few narrow sections along the way, but they are hardly a problem. For the most part, it is a wide, well-paved two-lane road. It is the perfect road for cruising at a slightly faster pace.

However, R265 suddenly turned on us. We arrived at Shiiba Village and wanted to leave for Kagoshima, so we chose R265 without doing any preliminary checks. That was a big mistake.

This area is still better. I didn't have time to take pictures of the worse areas.

The road gradually became narrower and narrower, and the factory navigation system insisted that we make a U-turn and turn around. When we switched to Google Maps, it told us to continue on R265. I should have stopped there, but my sense of adventure kept me going deeper and deeper.

If you notice, the narrow road is not an easy level of road.I had wandered onto a terrible, terrible road.I made the mistake of assuming that the road was safe because it was a national highway. The road was narrow enough for a single car to pass, with shoulders that looked as if they might collapse at any moment and unpaved sections. And there was no way to escape from the road. There was no turning back.

The sun is gradually setting and darkness looms.

No longer off-road

The same curves go on and on, and it feels as if we are stuck in an endless loop of Super Mario. The same scenery, the same curves, and the same zig-zagging curves that are more detailed than anything I've ever seen on a car navigation map.

."Is this making progress?I'm seriously worried that I'm not going to be able to do it.

The same scenery continues. Guardrails are absent in some places.

On the way, there are construction and road closure signs, which is a thrill, but if you look closely, you can see a small "releaseI was relieved to see that the sign said, "The road is closed," so I continued on my way. If the road is closed here, it is too narrow to make a U-turn.

We would have to do the divine feat of backing up and going back on a very narrow and narrow road. That's impossible.

This is now a spiritual practice.Driving along the same scenic mountain road with poor visibility for a long time without going off the shoulder, avoiding falling rocks and tree branches, considering the risk of a flat tire, and avoiding damage to the body.The car is the car's version of a Buddhist ascetic practice called Kambo Gyo. The car is a car version of the Buddhist ascetic practice called Kambo Gyo, in which one rushes through the deepest mountains by oneself.

The more luxurious or wider the car, the greater the mental load and the greater the training.(Will it be?)

How long had we been driving? Finally, the infernal R265 comes to an end and we are on R388. This road is also narrow in some parts, but it is still cute compared to R265. I found out later that the road is narrower than R388.R265 is said to be one of the worst roads in Kyushu.

I can assure you that you should never do this unless you are a maniac or a person in training.

Biting back the joy of finally being released from the terrible road, we changed our plans from here, as expected, and arrived at the hotel at once at a high speed.
'TheBoxster, good job. You did a great job today.I said, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,' and turned off the engine for the day.