Part ride, part rail: this stage links riding with a stretch of the Sanriku Railway, where a seafood bento is handed aboard at Miyako and eaten as the coast slides past the window. The wheels touch down again at Horinai for the run to Kuji.
Highlights
- Sanriku Railway (seafood bento aboard)
- Roadside Station Noda
About 800 km in all. Guided tours take trains on a few sections, so the riding distance is shorter; self-guided riders cover the full distance on the road.