Touge Session 32 - Tsubaki Line downhill

Downhill on Tsubaki Line (Kanagawa-75), the site of the final races in Initial D. Tsubaki had to be the biggest heartbreak from my three-night stay in Hakone. On a map it looks like something out of a dream, constantly changing things up along its 13.5km: Fast sections, slow sections, steep and flat sections, sweeping views into Shizuoka followed by carefully picking through the overgrowth. It even has a bypass, the Yugawara Parkway, which heads more directly up to Hakone Touge. The Parkway, however, is tolled, and worse yet it was closed the day I arrived, meaning that all traffic went via Tsubaki.

This video represents the best of several runs I made at Tsubaki Line, hoping despite my better judgement that I'd get a clear shot at it in either direction. It didn't happen. The parts that I did get to run, though, lived up to their promise, being an utterly magical section of road - Dancing on the Street indeed!

This video covers 10.1km, from the Hakone Sky Lounge to the easternmost hairpin.

Car:
2020 Mazda Roadster NR-A

Music:
"Night of Fire" - Richaadeb
"No Control" - Manuel