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Travel Blogs from Ninohe
Back to Oirase for some real fall color
... had thinned some giving me a much better view of the many waterfalls.
I arrived early enough the trail was not crowded, but by the time I was heading back the foot traffic and vehicle traffic made it a slow go. I'm not sure there was a single person along the trail that didn't have a camera in their hand. ....OK, there were a couple, but those were ...
Fall Colors.......sort of
... 6 miles from one end to the other. You have to have a full day to do it all and it's best to start REALLY early so you can get alot of it hiked before the Japanese tour groups arrive and create roadblocks as they hike together in groups of up to 30 people. ...the Japanese are very much a rule following society, so they all follow their tour ...
Paddle, Paddle, Paddle the Kayak.....
... It was great going out,.....great making our way along the coast line,......but by the time we were heading back, I was BEAT! Tired! Dead!! I definitely need to work on my paddling stamina :o) But for a group of "more mature" kayakers, our whole group did a great job and made it back with only ...
All-U-Can-Eat .....after you cook it!
Off on another adventure today, but I must admit, this one was definitely a change of pace. As most of you know, cooking is not something I do much of, but I wanted to experience a Japanese barbecue so it was off to the Appi BBQ held at one of Japan's great ski resorts (before the snow starts to fall).
The Appi Ski Resort is at the same latitude (4- degrees North) as some of the world famous European ...
Ninohe
... heat. The caves were lit up with colorful, changing lights and walkways and bridges when needed. There were spots along the paths where you could look down and see a crystal clear lake below. Lights had been lowered down to show the great depths of these lakes; the deepest of which we could see reaching down 110 meters, although current scientific exploration suggests the deepest parts to be deeper than 1,000 meters. After the caves we drove to the ocean ...