An attempt to ride 2 small connecting roads, one between R279 (Road to the base of Mt. Ryoukami) and R299 and R299 nearly at the western outskirts of Ogano and Saitama and R282 (Bishamon Spring Road). The first road, unfortunately is not paved and I was forced to turn around after a few hundred metres. The second one, however, between R299 and R282 although very narrow and overgrown in many places is paved and ridable in dry conditions. When it is wet, it could be very tricky and dangerous when descending due to the surface being covered in moss in shady areas. And in some spots there is this thin layer of slimey, invisible growth sort of like algea on the surface which is like black ice during winter. I even had troubles standing on the road. Anyway, it caused me to fall down while descending, fortunately, at a very low speed. Nevertheless, it left me with a bit of road rush on one leg and cracked thumb nail. The road when wet can also be tricky while ascending. The surface covered in the thin layer of moss is very slippery and the rear wheel loses traction easily when pedalling while standing up. The road is basically free of any traffic and it connects to the R282 not far from 2 springs located just down the road from Kurao Jinja.