Final part of Tohoku Touring

Continuing from the previous article, "3,000km Tohoku Touring in a Porsche Boxster (Part 1)", "Part 2", "Part 3", "Part 4", and "Part 5", we are going to take you to the

Boxster 3000km Touring in Tohoku [Part 1

Boxster 3000km Touring in Tohoku [Part 2

This time, the second part(Final ed.)I would like to share with you the following information. My husband has been driving all over the Tohoku region during GW, but he says that there are still many great roads that he hasn't driven yet.

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Today, it's finally time to start the "Ryubisaki (region of Kyushu west of Japan west of the Mediterranean)I'm headed to the "Tatsuhizaki. I don't have any particular attachment to Ryubizaki, but when I was a little girl, I saw a Kohaku Uta Gassen show calledTsugaru Kaikyo Winter SceneryI had heard "Tsugaru Kaikyo" and talked about it so often that I simply wanted to actually see the Tsugaru Straits with my own eyes (laughs).

Leaving the hotel in Aomori City, we headed for the Tsugaru Peninsula.
Take R280 and head north on the east side of the peninsula toThe easiest to drive of the three roads that run east to west through the Tsugaru Peninsula.K12, which is said to be "the best", was selected.

Indeed, this road is a picturesque and pleasant ride. The moderate ups and downs, gentle curves, and wide road make it possible to maintain a high pace. The Boxster also continues to run with a smooth acceleration as if it were taking a deep breath.

Once on the western side of the peninsula, we could see Lake Jusan from where we could admire the majestic Mt. As soon as we parked the Boxster at a rest area along the way, a group of young men nearby calledPorche! Porche!He came up to me and said, "I'm sorry. Then, in broken English, he said, "Take photo OK?I quickly replied, "Sure!" and they started snapping pictures in a frenzy.

They were tourists from Vietnam, but Porsches are rare in Vietnam, they were "Can I open the door?for a while," he said, "and then he put his hand on the door and took a picture of it.Photo Contest with PorscheThe atmosphere was like that of a "I'm sorry, but I'm not sure.

After taking a lot of pictures, the young people thanked us repeatedly with "Arigatoo gozaimasu! and "Arigatoo gozaimasu!Have a great trip!I told him, "I'm sorry," and we exchanged goodbyes.

I hope one of these young people will become a Porsche owner in the future," he thought as he drove the Boxster to the Yongbari line.

As you approach the Yongdari line, the pleasant road along the sea isTransformed into a hill climb course running up the hillThe course is a series of tight corners and straightaways with the Japan Sea below. Below us is the Sea of Japan, and a series of tight corners and straights.

The roar of the Boxster never stops anymore.The following is a list of the most common problems with the "C" in the "C" column.

Blipping into second, third, and then second gear, the car enjoys the most luxurious and exquisite driving experience while roaring the sound of a crackling backfire.

This is no longer the place to be in Japan's "Stelvio Pass"It is not an exaggeration to say. That's how great the road is.

After a short driving tour, we finally arrived at Tatsutobizaki. Ahead of us, across the Tsugaru Straits, we can see Hokkaido and its mountains. It is a wonderful view.If this is the case, I should have come earlier...With a little regret, we drove the Boxster to Morioka.

From the Aomori IC, take the Tohoku Expressway. What a wonderful highway!There are few cars, and the long straight stretches on and on.However, the number of cars increased somewhat as we drove south, so to ensure our safety, we tried to avoid running together with other cars in a group as much as possible and to avoid running alongside other cars as much as possible.

Accidents at high speeds areThere are many cases where I get caught up in other cars or vice versa, so I always try to run as far away from the group as possible.The following is a list of the most common problems with the "C" in the "C" column.

Still, Morioka is a very long way away. To a Kansai person, an hour is enough time to get to cities in neighboring prefectures such as Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, and Wakayama, but it is not easy to reach Morioka. If you look at a map calmly, you will see that each prefecture in the Tohoku region is huge. It is a big prefecture.I guess I was a little naive.The car was driven away, but arrived safely at a hotel in Morioka City, where a large bath soothed the fatigue of the trip, and the day was over.

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Waking up in a hotel in Morioka City, I immediately think about today's route.Final destination is Aizu WakamatsuBut I was stunned to see the distance between Morioka and Aizuwakamatsu on the map. However, as usual, I was stunned to see on the map how far the distance between Morioka and Aizuwakamatsu is, as I still do not have a proper sense of distance and location in the Tohoku region.

."Shall we drive along the sea, or shall we go south at once on the highway?I had a lot of trouble with the "WATA" and other things, so I just thought, "If I have a problem, I'll just go to Master WATA.wata's blogto see the "Mere Old Man". Then WATA said, "If you haven't run it yet, you should definitely go for a run!The "I've been a fan of this project for a long time," he raved.Hachinohe Kawauchi Large Forest RoadKnowing the existence of the "One".

."If the Master says so, you should definitely go for a run!I thought to myself, "I've got to get out of here," so I headed east on the R455 and continued on my Boxster toward the Hachinohe-Kawauchi large-scale forest road that begins in the middle of the road. The road was well maintained and no one was driving on it. We passed only four cars on the road and no one in front of us. The road was completely private.

There are tight corners, straights, loose corners, ups and downs, and all the elements are included, with little traffic, good pavement condition, and good road width.

Without a doubt, this is a class AAA winding road.

In Sport Plus mode, the exhaust valves are fully open. With the tachometer needle pointing almost vertically, the Boxster whizzed through one or two corners with a pleasant sound. On a series of left-right turns, the rear end of the Boxster is still a bit shaky compared to the latest 718, but the handling is still top-notch.

There is little discrepancy between the driver's senses and theHandling is natural because there is no need for quicker-than-necessary direction.It is. That is the point where you feel good when driving.

The road was so pleasant that it was called "Let's turn around and run the way we just came once more.I thought about going back to Morioka, but I had little time, so I left Morioka with a sense of dread in my heart.

From here, we headed south at a stretch using the Tohoku Expressway. Since the weather was nice, we decided to open the roof and enjoy open driving even on the highway.

If I had to name one disadvantage of the 981 Boxster, it would be, in my personal opinion, that it is "not as good as the 981 Boxster."A lot of wind entrainment at the open". I've owned or driven several convertibles, but I've never been able to find a "Even with wind deflectors, the amount of wind entering the cabin is more than most modern convertibles.I think."

On windless days, it is still better, but on windy days, wind roll-in from behind and diagonally behind is very common.

I recall that when the car was delivered, my wife got in the passenger seat and immediately said, "(Compared to R171 SLK)Windy.He also mentioned that he had a "lot of wind". So, I think it is less windy to wear a hat or, conversely, to cruise at a reasonably fast speed when open at high speeds.

Exit the expressway at the Yabuki IC and take the R294 to Lake Inawashiro.If it had been a little earlier in the year, the cherry blossoms would have been at their best and it would have been beautiful.I took a short break at Funatsu Park by the lake. Beyond the surface of the lake, the majestic Mt.

As I was standing in the parking lot of Kamihama waiting for dusk to fall, a couple with a young child approached me in a polite tone.

May I see your Porsche?"

."Sure, go ahead! If you'd like, you can have your child sit down too.When I responded, "I'm not a Porsche guy," the husband let his child sit in the driver's seat for a photo, and we had a lively discussion about Boxsters and Porsches. He was a very knowledgeable person about cars.

After a series of pictures were taken, the family thanked us and walked toward their car.

A short time later, "I think we should get going.' I started the Boxster's engine and drove it around the parking lot.I saw a beautiful yellow McLaren 650S parked in the back.And when I looked closely at the face of the driver who was just about to get in, I saw that it was not that husband I saw earlier!

."Were you here in a McLaren!I had no idea that McLaren would be there with his family, so I was surprised when I asked him about it.

Husband: "Yes!"
Me: "That's nice! Actually, I used to ride a 650S myself."
Husband: "Oh, I didn't know that!"

The conversation was again in full bloom over the car. To our surprise, they had come with their wives in two cars. After a brief conversation, he said, "I hope we can get together again somewhere!I told them, "I'm going to go to Inawashiro Lake," and we left Inawashiro Lake.

However, on the way home, I regretted that I had failed to ask for the contact information of the owner of McLaren. As the saying goes, "like befriends like."I guess we naturally meet people who feel the same way after all.I headed for the hotel in Aizuwakamatsu, thinking about the strangeness of the coincidence and believing that we would meet again somewhere.

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Today is the last day of Tohoku touring. I have to return home today because I have to work the next day.The distance from Aizuwakamatsu to home is a little over 700 km.Today is the beginning of a grand tour that will take us all the way back home at once at high speed.

If time permitted, I would have loved to see Tsurugajo Castle and run toward Bandaisan, but I held my feelings in check and decided to go for a ride to the "Kintetsu Castle.We'll be back again soon, I promise.With a promise to myself, I got on the rattling Ban-Etsu Expressway and headed toward Niigata. The Boxster was in 6th gear, cruising at a constant speed on the Hokuriku Expressway.

The weather was fine until about halfway through the day, but from around KanazawaDownpour as if in a car wash.The water screen made it difficult to see the road ahead, and the strong winds disrupted the course. The water screen prevented us from seeing what was ahead, and the strong winds were disrupting our path. The Boxster turned on its rear fog lights to warn other cars behind us as we drove carefully along the road. There was quite a bit of water on the road, but the new Michelin Pilot Sport 4S had excellent drainage.

Even though it was mid-ship, it did not steer in puddles at all.

Incidentally, during this long touring, I felt that the Pilot Sport 4S tires were considerably more straight-line stable than the previous Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tires. Goodyear is not bad by any means, but when compared to Michelin, one can't help but feel the difference.

And then...Notable is the high roundness of the tires.It is. You can see it especially on a clean paved highway, but there is a sense of something very round lying around.With Goodyear, I felt a miniscule amount of roughness and vibration on similar pavement, but not with Michelin.After such a long distance, the difference in tires makes a difference in how tired the body gets.

By the time we passed Yonehara and proceeded to the Meishin Expressway, the rain had stopped and the scenery became more and more familiar.
We arrived home in the evening, put the car in the garage, took a break, and slowly turned the key as we worked through the fatigue of the trip with gratitude for the Boxster, and finished our GW 2019 Tohoku touring.

Total distance traveled: 3067 km
Total operating time: 50 hours 24 minutes
Total fuel consumption: 8.9L/100km (approx. 11.2km/L)
Average speed: 61 km/h

Next time, we'll go to Tohoku again with GT3!