Let it Rain

 

Went for a few hikes today around Hinohara and Uenohara.  The theme of today's walk was "Let it Rain."

Don't feel like you have to listen to that whole song before reading the blog.  It's almost as long as an Allman Brothers Song.

I think the mountains look cool on days like this.

In the morning, I went here.  Sagami Lake is to the south.  The road running north to south on the left side of the picture is route 33.  It crosses from Yamanashi into Tokyo near the top of the picture at the Kobu Tunnel.  The sandy-looking parts in the bottom left of the picture are the Lake Sagami and the Uenohara Country Clubs respectively.

This is the Gundari Shrine.  (軍刀利神社)

Even though the mist and fog of a day like today look cool,  I hoped to catch a little bit of a longer view and decided to try my luck by taking a quick jaunt up to Mt. Jinba on my way home.  The Wada Pass ("Wada Toge") is only 700 meters from the top.  (That road up and over the Wada Pass is a real workout on a bicycle.  Heck, it's a workout just walking up it!)  

These stairs are new.  They did a lot of trail maintenance here recently.  These stairs covered about half the route from the Wada Pass to the top.

That sculpture is at the top of Mt. Jinba.  I haven't found a definitive translation of the word jinba, but it seems to mean something like "battle horse" or "war mount."

No luck on the long-distance views.  That's ok!  Rainy season will be over soon.

Come again.