Wonderful bike & train tour in Fukushima 福島大好きおじさんの自転車・鉄道旅日記 Cycle around Matsukawaura in Soma, Sept. 6, 2018. （相馬の松川浦をサイクリング２０１８年９月６日）

Cycle around Matsukawaura in Soma, Sept. 6, 2018. （相馬の松川浦をサイクリング２０１８年９月６日）

（Matsukawaura Big Bridge at Soma City, Sept. 6, 2018. 松川浦大橋相馬 9/6/2018）
As it was a rare fine day today in recent rainy windy days, I went on cycling around Matsukawaura Lagoon starting from the city center of Soma. Photo above was Matsukawaura Big Bridge located in the northernmost part of the lagoon, which was restored last year from damage by the earthquake and tsunami disasters 7 years ago. The photo was taken from a seaside park just beside the bridge. It was only about 500m long, but the bridge has been a landmark of the region. When I visited the bridge in 2012 it was the time the repair work had just began and was closed.
雨や風の日が続く中、本日は晴で相馬市中心部から松川浦の周りをチャリで走りました。写真は松川浦の北部にある松川浦大橋で、去年やっと大震災の修理を終えて再開通しました。写真は、脇にある公園から撮ったものです。５００ｍほどの橋ですが、地域のランドマークになっています。２０１２年に橋を訪れたときは、修復工事が始まったばかりで通行止めでした。（２０１５年も未だでした。）

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（Matsukawaura Big Bridge at Soma City, Sept. 6, 2018. 松川浦大橋相馬 9/6/2018）
This was a view on the bridge.
橋の上から見ると、このようになります。

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On the way, I first stopped at a huge mega solar plant in Isobe district, only a part of which was shown in the photo above. The solar plant extended over a large field area with a road in the center, located close to the southernmost end of Matsukawaura Lagoon. The plant was the largest of this kind in Fukushima Pref. generating maximum electricity of 52.5MW. Wow!
走り始めてから最初に出会ったのは、磯部地区にある巨大な太陽光発電所です。中央の道路をはさみ、両側に広大に広がっていて、写真はごく一部です。松川浦の最南端に位置し、福島県で最大の52.5MWの出力です。

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Then I pedaled toward north along the recovered seaside road called Osu-Matsukawa Route. The road reopened in this April with most of the road protected by continuous secure seawall resulting in no ocean view as shown in the picture above.
そのあと，今年再開通した海岸沿いの大洲松川線に沿い北に向かいました。写真のように、防潮堤が連続して海が見えません。

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（Osu-Matsukawa Route at Soma City, Sept. 6, 2018. 大洲松川線相馬 9/6/2018）
But there was a part of the road with great ocean view as shown above!
しかしこのあと、一部海が見えました（写真）。

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（Matsukawaura fishing port at Soma City, Sept. 6, 2018. 松川浦漁港相馬 9/6/2018）
As I passed the Matsukawaura Big Bridge, mentioned in the beginning, and turning to left I arrived at Matsukawaura fishing port as shown above. The port was fully recovered compared to when I visited in 2012 and 2015.
松川浦大橋を渡り左へ行くと、直ぐに松川浦漁港です。２０１２年や２０１５年のときから、完全に復活しています。

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Then I came to Haragama-Obama seaside beach as shown above which just reopened during this summer season. The site was one of the only four seaside beaches in Fukushima that could reopen to date in Hamadori region since the Great East Japan earthquake disaster.
そのあと、今年の夏に再開した原釜尾浜海浴場です。震災後、浜通りで再開した海水浴場は未だ４箇所ですが，その１つです。

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A new three-story watchtower was built at the center of the beach as shown above.
３階建ての新しい監視塔が、中央に建っています。

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Right next to the beach there was a memorial as shown above inscribed with all the victims’ names in Soma City.
そのすぐ隣に、相馬市東日本大震災慰霊碑が建っています。その向こうに見えるのが、海水浴場です。

The exact route and locations are shown in the map below. The map can be scaled up and down with a click and scroll.
ルートと場所は、下の地図を参照ください。地図は、クリックとスクロールで、拡大・縮小が可能です。