This creative blog is about my hike that I took with my seminar house. The hike was planned as entertainment by my seminar house resident assistants', so seminar house residents could easily join and have fun without any expensive cost. Even though it was very tiring with all the long walks up numerous stairs, it was a great experience to see the nice forest and mountains near Hirakata City. I will explain one by one with all these fantastic photos. I shot a mix of color and black and white. The reason is that not all leaves have changed yet and, I think black and white can express more than color depending on situation.
The picture of above was taken next to a river. There is a long trail that follows a local river on the trail path up the mountain. The river was not completely polluted with garbage or anything. Going up the river trail path, there was man sitting and fishing, but it seemed like he would not be able to catch anything that day because the river was so clear, and it looked like no fish were in sight; however he was nice enough to tell us that we could fish there any day. The trail path near the river had many steps and small walk ways, so we passed a lot of Japanese Cub Scouts and others walking the path.
Only a few trees had changed to Autumn colors. This was one of them. I decided not to capture in black and white because colors would not stand out well. It was similar to some kind of oak or pine tree with the leaves. It's size was only about 20 feet height, so it was not monstrous tree.
This is a small spider that was enjoying bugs. These spiders were everywhere along the path, but I do not think they were harmful or intruding anyone. They cut down on the mosquitoes around the trail, and spiders created a calm atmosphere.
Theses are signs that were near the exit of the first trail path with directions to train, next, and previous paths.
This is a photo of the exit of one the trail paths in the mountains. It is near a river bed with a waterwheel in the next photo. It was a beautiful and peaceful site, which will look nicer once the leaves have changed colors.
Here is the waterwheel that was churning. It was blocked off, so there was no way to get close to it. It set a very tradition Japanese river setting that is away from bustling city and people in nature.
This sign has information about the huge bridge, which spans over part of the mount gorge. It is 50 meters high and 280 meters long. The suspension bridge is made from metal and , steel, so its structure can with stand winds and earthquakes.
The bridge sways a lot once towards the middle, so it may seem dangerous and unstable, but it was very fun to enjoy this kind of height and scenery.
This is a picture from the center of the bridge at the valley below. It was very beautiful, but I think it will look better once all the leaves have changed in a few more weeks around the 21st of November. Then, this site will be even more amazing and enjoyable to the viewer.
The purpose of this blog is to encourage site seeing in mountainous regions of Japan. Mountains are everywhere of course, but I did not appreciate them until now. Fuji-san is, of course, the most famous mountain in Japan to climb, but it takes too much time to visit, so why not explore local mountains instead. I hope to discover more locations like this that are local and accessible. Hopefully, they have huge bridges as well.
