A Walk Around Kyushu Day 39
Kyomachi Onsen to Urushidamachi purpose 2
Sabbatum Nov 23rd, 2013
So, I instruct inwards at a decision. I volition caput dorsum downward the valley together with instruct out over the mountains where they are lower. I'm non exclusively convinced it's the correct affair to do. I don't similar backtracking every bit a rule, together with in that place is a skillful gamble I tin instruct over where I originally planned, but perhaps I am accumulating a picayune caution inwards my quondam age.
When I was younger I would non receive got changed my plan. I would receive got gone ahead together with encountered problems but they would receive got been experienced every bit adventures. The bottom line, I think, is the worry that I receive got a room booked tomorrow black together with if I don't brand it I volition even therefore receive got to pay. That's the affair that nags at me. So.... I pace off E downward the valley.
My starting fourth dimension selection is to receive got the principal road, Route 221. It's a novel route that roughly parallels the superhighway heading northward for those willing to pay the exorbitant tolls. Route 221 goes upward a "corkscrew" department earlier passing through a long tunnel together with and therefore amongst some other corkscrew descending on the other side. Being a novel route it is non probable to receive got anything interesting to see.
The old Route 221 even therefore winds its agency over the mountain, almost for certain no traffic, together with belike narrow together with overgrown amongst weeds. It would endure a overnice walk, but I attain upward one's quest heed against it because in that place is the possibility of it beingness shut at some indicate yesteryear landslide, together with because it's a rattling windy route that would endure a much longer walk. In the end, every bit it's getting into the afternoon, I attain upward one's quest heed to caput a flake farther E together with instruct out upward into the mountains to where a rail describe goes over.
As I leave of absence the valley flooring the route rapidly becomes steep. The station at Masaki is a nice, old, wooden Earth station, together with I'm surprised to abide by a whole bunch of stalls together with local people selling souvenirs. Apparently the develop that stops hither is a tourist develop that stops hither for 10 minutes spell the driver moves to the contrary cease of the develop to receive got it upward a switchback.
There are evidently iii rail switchbacks inwards Japan, together with 2 of them are on this line. The side yesteryear side develop arrives together with tourists packet off the develop together with in that place is a hive of activeness to a greater extent than or less the stalls. Lots of photos are taken. The develop itself is rather nice, amongst wooden interiors together with some flooring to ceiling windows. The conductor calls us on together with nosotros caput off, starting fourth dimension 200 meters, together with therefore halt spell the driver changes ends again, together with and therefore on up. H5N1 few minutes subsequently nosotros are looking downward on the station nosotros simply left together with all the locals are waving.
The views downward to the valley together with across to the Kirishima Mountains instruct quite stunning together with the develop stops several times to allow photos to endure taken. The side yesteryear side station is Yatake, virtually 550 meters inwards elevation, some other modest wooden building. We halt hither for five minutes for photograph ops amongst an quondam steam engine inwards a shed side yesteryear side to the station. And together with therefore nosotros start to descend, stopping 1 to a greater extent than fourth dimension for views over Hitoyoshi together with the Kuma River Valley.
On the in conclusion descent into Okuba Station the develop describe does an almost consummate 360 bird loop earlier stopping spell the driver 1 time once again changes ends for the switchback. Another quondam wooden station, though the interior of the waiting room is completely covered inwards meishi, business/name cards. Not sure when the "tradition" started but many of the passengers are busy affixing their ain cards or reading the ones on walls. I caput off.
The heaven is even therefore lite but this side of the mount is inwards shadow together with sunset is non far away. I desire to instruct downward every bit far every bit I tin earlier looking for a house to sleep. The route is steep together with windy. I transcend nether the superhighway that crosses the narrow valley on tall concrete stilts.
It's starting to instruct black when I achieve the principal road, but in that place is a overnice broad sidewalk therefore I instruct out on pushing on though my eyes are constantly scanning for a possible house to slumber - an abandoned farm building, substantial motorbus shelter etc.
Just every bit its getting completely black I transcend a big structure society site. At the border of the property, far from the principal buildings together with warehouses are a cluster of railway wagons beingness used for storage. It's non perfect, but at to the lowest degree I volition endure hidden from view, together with it's directly therefore black that it volition endure hard to abide by anywhere better.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 39 Part 1
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Kyomachi Onsen to Urushidamachi purpose 2
Sabbatum Nov 23rd, 2013
So, I instruct inwards at a decision. I volition caput dorsum downward the valley together with instruct out over the mountains where they are lower. I'm non exclusively convinced it's the correct affair to do. I don't similar backtracking every bit a rule, together with in that place is a skillful gamble I tin instruct over where I originally planned, but perhaps I am accumulating a picayune caution inwards my quondam age.
When I was younger I would non receive got changed my plan. I would receive got gone ahead together with encountered problems but they would receive got been experienced every bit adventures. The bottom line, I think, is the worry that I receive got a room booked tomorrow black together with if I don't brand it I volition even therefore receive got to pay. That's the affair that nags at me. So.... I pace off E downward the valley.
The old Route 221 even therefore winds its agency over the mountain, almost for certain no traffic, together with belike narrow together with overgrown amongst weeds. It would endure a overnice walk, but I attain upward one's quest heed against it because in that place is the possibility of it beingness shut at some indicate yesteryear landslide, together with because it's a rattling windy route that would endure a much longer walk. In the end, every bit it's getting into the afternoon, I attain upward one's quest heed to caput a flake farther E together with instruct out upward into the mountains to where a rail describe goes over.
As I leave of absence the valley flooring the route rapidly becomes steep. The station at Masaki is a nice, old, wooden Earth station, together with I'm surprised to abide by a whole bunch of stalls together with local people selling souvenirs. Apparently the develop that stops hither is a tourist develop that stops hither for 10 minutes spell the driver moves to the contrary cease of the develop to receive got it upward a switchback.
There are evidently iii rail switchbacks inwards Japan, together with 2 of them are on this line. The side yesteryear side develop arrives together with tourists packet off the develop together with in that place is a hive of activeness to a greater extent than or less the stalls. Lots of photos are taken. The develop itself is rather nice, amongst wooden interiors together with some flooring to ceiling windows. The conductor calls us on together with nosotros caput off, starting fourth dimension 200 meters, together with therefore halt spell the driver changes ends again, together with and therefore on up. H5N1 few minutes subsequently nosotros are looking downward on the station nosotros simply left together with all the locals are waving.
The views downward to the valley together with across to the Kirishima Mountains instruct quite stunning together with the develop stops several times to allow photos to endure taken. The side yesteryear side station is Yatake, virtually 550 meters inwards elevation, some other modest wooden building. We halt hither for five minutes for photograph ops amongst an quondam steam engine inwards a shed side yesteryear side to the station. And together with therefore nosotros start to descend, stopping 1 to a greater extent than fourth dimension for views over Hitoyoshi together with the Kuma River Valley.
On the in conclusion descent into Okuba Station the develop describe does an almost consummate 360 bird loop earlier stopping spell the driver 1 time once again changes ends for the switchback. Another quondam wooden station, though the interior of the waiting room is completely covered inwards meishi, business/name cards. Not sure when the "tradition" started but many of the passengers are busy affixing their ain cards or reading the ones on walls. I caput off.
The heaven is even therefore lite but this side of the mount is inwards shadow together with sunset is non far away. I desire to instruct downward every bit far every bit I tin earlier looking for a house to sleep. The route is steep together with windy. I transcend nether the superhighway that crosses the narrow valley on tall concrete stilts.
It's starting to instruct black when I achieve the principal road, but in that place is a overnice broad sidewalk therefore I instruct out on pushing on though my eyes are constantly scanning for a possible house to slumber - an abandoned farm building, substantial motorbus shelter etc.
Just every bit its getting completely black I transcend a big structure society site. At the border of the property, far from the principal buildings together with warehouses are a cluster of railway wagons beingness used for storage. It's non perfect, but at to the lowest degree I volition endure hidden from view, together with it's directly therefore black that it volition endure hard to abide by anywhere better.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 39 Part 1
© JapanVisitor.com Sumber https://japanvisitor.blogspot.com/