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& Early April 2004! posted: April 9th, 2004 |
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This entire page is photos from Kazuya's and my vacation, from March 21st to April 3rd. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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This first row of photos shows the starting point (Gora) and the ending point (Sounzan) of a cable car which we rode on. Notice the difference in elevation between Gora and Sounzan! The 3rd photo is Kazuya standing beside the cable car.
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This row shows me at the top of the ropeway which we rode from the end of the cable car to Owakudani (additional photo in row 4). The second and 3rd photos are black eggs!! They hard-boil the eggs in the natural hot sulfurous water and it turns the eggs black. The eggs purportedly lengthen a person's life by 7 years for each egg you eat. We each ate 6 of the eggs.
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The first picture is the hot sulfur springs which come up out of the ground. The 2nd photo is a pirate ship which we rode on, from the far end of the ropeway to Hakone-machi. All of these rides we took for 3 days were included in a "one price" package. The 3rd photo shows a ropeway car on our 2nd day, taken from the window of our ropeway car - it was snowing like hell!!
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This row shows the top of the ropeway (again, notice the elevation). The ropeway runs from Sounzan (row 1) to Owakudani. Second photo is Kazuya hiking a snow covered trail on our 2nd day out. The 3rd photo is Kazuya on the 3rd day, down by the coast! Cherry blossoms - quite a difference between mountain top and coast, eh!
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This row includes me taking a macro-photo of a cherry blossom, the Manazuru Coast, and an old and very small Shinto shrine.
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The 1st photo shows Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum, 2nd photo is an orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) which Kazuya discovered beside a trail which we hiked, and the 3rd photo is a collage of spring flowers on Mt. Takao, the 5th or 6th day of vacation.
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The first photo shows a map of the trail we hiked from Mitsutouge town to the summit of Mt. Mitsutouge (1,785.2 meters, 5,857 feet). The 2nd photo shows the triple summits of Mitsutouge and the 3rd photo is a panorama of Mt. Fuji (3,776 meters) from the Mt. Mitsutouge trail.
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In this row the first photo shows Mt. Fuji from the summit of Mitsutouge. In the 2nd photo (taken from Mt. Ashiwada on the next day) I have drawn a red line which shows the trail which we took to come down from Mt. Mitsutouge to Lake Kawaguchi. The 3rd photo is Mt. Fuji from near Mt. Ashiwada, if you study the angle of the 1st photo in this row and this photo, you can easily see that they are taken from quite a different angle.
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In this row you see a Mt. Fuji collage, top photo from Mitsutouge, and bottom 3 photos about 10 minutes apart at sunset time from near Mt. Ashiwada. The 2nd photo is Kazuya on 5 mountain peaks. You can read the elevations of each peak. Left to right - Mt. Kobotoke-shiro, Mt. Kagenobu, Mt. Mitsutouge, Mt. San-ko-dai, and Mt. Go-ko-dai (= Mt. Ashiwada). 3rd photo is me sitting underneath a Spiraea bush at Musashino Park a few days later.
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Some beautiful flowers at Nogawa Park and at Mt. Takao. First photo is a Blue Gentian, 2nd is a Trout Lily and 3rd is a Jack-in-the-Pulpit.
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Here is some "Yoseki" which we bought. These beautiful wooden pieces are crafted from a single piece of wood which is all glued together. Left photo is a tea box and right photo is a "small items" tray. This stuff does not come cheap. If you want to know the price you can ask me. 3rd photo is a Trout Lily taken at Takao Science Garden.
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In this row you can see a Sorel plant with flowers - Latin name under the picture. The 2nd photo is a Cherry Tree and 3rd photo is my DVD collection as of several months ago! By the way, here is a link to my entire DVD collection if you're asking yourself what
might be good to rent for the weekend! Click Here. The DVD's will be sorted by date purchased. You can click on title to sort that way if you desire. This link will open a new browser window.
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