Minamiuonuma Stage

A course through Minamiuonuma City and Yuzawa Town in the southern part of the GCR.
This is the original Japanese countryside landscape and the beautiful mountains of the Echigo Range. The beautiful countryside scenery can be enjoyed from season to season, with mountains reflected in the water, carpets of green and golden colours.
The course includes a park around the ruins of Sakado Castle, where Uesugi Keikatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu spent their childhoods, Makino Street, which retains the atmosphere of an inn town, and the hot spring resort town of Echigo-Yuzawa, the setting of the novel Snow Country, where cyclists can enjoy quaint scenery and gourmet food.