Hanase Pass – Kurama Side

This classic northern Kyoto climb starts above Kurama Onsen, follows paved public Prefectural Route 38 and then National Route 477 to Hanase Pass. The formal reconstruction retains the genuine rolling first 1.58 km from the canonical high-resolution mother trace, followed by two real Strava subsegments; it must not be described as three genuine child segments. The result is 5.68 km with about 520 m of ascent and 34 m of descent, plus a realistic 100 m-window maximum near 18.7%. The parent API's 639 m ascent and 42.6% maximum are anomalous, and no artificial height was added to match them. Kyoto's official cycling map includes the pass, but check live rain restrictions, damaged pavement and bus traffic before riding.