I spent my holidays for skiing and fishing wakasagi smelts using the car and shinkansen, but today I rode NC750S for one day touring. After wandering the destination, I decided to go Ito through metro route 311→Tomei exp. way→Odawara-Atsugi exp. way→route 135 to take photos of camellia in the camellia garden of Komuroyama park.
In this season, the various events like the plum festival in Atami and the Kawazu cherry festival in Kawaze are held and I was caught in the traffic jam at the Odawara side exit of Ishibashi IC of Odawara-Atsugi exp. way to Seisho bypass. I change the route to national way before Ishibashi IC to avoid the jam. I enjoyed the sight of the full-blown Kawazu cherry on the both side of the road from Atami to Ajiro, Kawana and Futo. I changed my mind that the destination should be Jogasaki Beach.

この時期の伊豆半島は河津さくらが満開です。というか、少し散り加減でした。

Jogasaki Beach is a rugged rocky beach and is not suitable for swimming. The sign shown in picture below is built at Igaigane parking lot. From here, you have to walk through the road in the forest about 10min to reach the beach line. When you reach the beach line, your sight spreads rapidly and in the front of you, you can see Izuoshima island.

城ケ崎海岸の案内看板。ジオパークの認定がされてから新しい看板が整備されました。
伊豆大島が見えていました が少しかすみ気味でした
  • 河津桜
    河津桜は伊豆半島の河津を産地として1月下旬から2月にかけて咲く極早咲きの桜です。ソメイヨシノに比べるとピンクが濃いのが特徴です。
  • 梅(城ケ崎にて)
    梅も満開でした。
  • 太郎冠者(城ケ崎にて)
    太郎冠者はツバキの中でもメジャーな品種で「侘助」と呼ばれる椿の元となった品種です。
  • ヤブツバキ(城ケ崎)
    海岸近くの林に自生しているヤブツバキが綺麗な花をつけていました。

In this season you can see Tarokaja and Yabutsubaki ( both of them are the kind of camellia ) bloom fully. At Izu peninsula, you can enjoy seeing plums, (Kawazu) cherry and camellia blooming at the same time in this season.

NC750S(城ケ崎)
NC750S エンジン・シート下燃料タンク・リアの足回りがほぼ同じ高さに配置されているのがよくわかります。

The Impressions of NC750S Today
I had some anxiety when I started the engine for the first time in three weeks, but it started normally. It was usual that the idling rpm is a little high until the catalyst of the exhaust get warm. Is the reason why the time of the higher rpm due to the cool temperature?
I found that I did not turn on the grip heater after riding a little and feeling chill in my hands. I think it is more convenient if the grip heater should recover the status before the engine stops.
From Tokyo to Jogasaki is about 150km in one way and I can go and return without the fuel supply. This is a convenient point due to the good fuel consumption rate.
Manazuru read, route 135 and prefecture road 740 are can be selected to go through from Yugawara to Manazuru. I selected route 135 for the outbound way and prefecture road 740 for in bound way. You can enjoy pleasure winding road on prefecture road 740. I also enjoyed the time I had no car and motorcycle in front and rear of me with the theme that I do not prevent the natural motion of front tire.
The averaged fuel consumption rate was 31km/l.