A Walk Around Kyushu
Day 42, Around Hitoyoshi Tuesday Nov 26th, 2013
I am upward at commencement light. Busy twenty-four hr menstruum ahead, non the commons getting from Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 to B, but crisscrossing the expanse yesteryear foot, boat, too bus.
My commencement halt is Ganjoji Temple, issue 50 on the pilgrimage, which is located only a lilliputian to the E of my hotel. There are a few temples clustered together, too plenty of tumble colors on display, thus cliché photos are possible.
More interesting than the temple itself is the graveyard on the hillside behind.
Here are buried all the generations of the local lords too their families, thus work later work of stone monuments. The reason is a carpeting of yellow. Fallen gingko leaves, though they get got lost their deep, rich, gilded color too are forthwith faded to a pale yellow, but against the reflected bluish of the heaven inward the shadows it is quite vibrant. All tranquillity sombre.
From hither I cross over the river to explore the ruins of the castle. Once 1 time to a greater extent than the tumble leafage is out too total thus cliched photography has total reign. Down below the castle I am delighted to let out the remnants of what must get got been quite a grand garden, too though non equally tended equally inward quondam times it is yet delightful due to the palette of colors.
By forthwith its approaching 9.30am too fourth dimension to caput dorsum over to the other banking enterprise of the river too accept a boat trip. The Kumagawa is classed equally 1 of the iii fastest rivers inward Japan.
Relatively speaking, all Japanese rivers are brusk too fast. Geologically the province is novel too thus fourth dimension too erosion get got non formed long, slow, broad rivers similar the Mississippi or the Nile, nor fifty-fifty similar the Thames.
On the Kumagawa around Hitoyoshi at that spot are 2 boat ride options, the gentle course, too the wild course.
The gentle course of didactics begins inward the town too goes downstream to Watari. The wild course of didactics begins at Watari but does non last inward the wintertime months. The boats are traditional cedar river boats alongside 2 boatmen, 1 at the bow too 1 at the stern.
We passengers sat cross legged. It was a windy twenty-four hr menstruum but the 2 hr boat trip was pleasant enough. At times the H2O was a lilliputian deeper too dull too thus the boat was poled, too at other times it was fast too noisy equally it rushed over the rocks, but non plenty to telephone phone it whitewater.
There was plenty of plane life, ducks, in all probability wintering hither from Siberia, herons, egrets, cormorants, overhead kites. After getting off the boat nosotros were brought dorsum into Hitoyoshi yesteryear shuttle charabanc too I headed due north out of town to the adjacent pilgrimage temple, #52 Takatera-in.
It didn't accept long to exit of the town into the countryside, too away from the river the current of air was negligible. It was a pleasant, warm, sunny afternoon equally I arrived at the temple.
The temple itself is unremarkable, though it has several statues of Bishamonten that are registered equally cultural assets, but they are "hidden" from world view.
I climb the old, worn path to the top of the colina to the Okuin, the "inner hall" where the statues would get got been earlier forthwith beingness stored inward the treasure house.
Leaving the temple I halt yesteryear the hamlet shrine which is surrounded yesteryear scaffolding equally it has a ready spanking novel roof of thick thatch.
It's overnice to meet thatch yet beingness used. I caput dorsum into town the agency I came too and then caput out W of town to some hills on top of which is the adjacent temple, #53 Kanrenji.
It was the nearly impressive of all the temples I visited that day, to a greater extent than buildings too statuary, made ameliorate yesteryear the tardily afternoon light, horizontal golden shafts articulating everything alongside deep shadows.
My road dorsum to my room passed correct yesteryear the Aoi Aso Shrine 1 time to a greater extent than thus I stopped inward for some to a greater extent than quick photos earlier the lite disappeared completely.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 41
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Day 42, Around Hitoyoshi Tuesday Nov 26th, 2013
I am upward at commencement light. Busy twenty-four hr menstruum ahead, non the commons getting from Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 to B, but crisscrossing the expanse yesteryear foot, boat, too bus.
My commencement halt is Ganjoji Temple, issue 50 on the pilgrimage, which is located only a lilliputian to the E of my hotel. There are a few temples clustered together, too plenty of tumble colors on display, thus cliché photos are possible.
More interesting than the temple itself is the graveyard on the hillside behind.
Here are buried all the generations of the local lords too their families, thus work later work of stone monuments. The reason is a carpeting of yellow. Fallen gingko leaves, though they get got lost their deep, rich, gilded color too are forthwith faded to a pale yellow, but against the reflected bluish of the heaven inward the shadows it is quite vibrant. All tranquillity sombre.
From hither I cross over the river to explore the ruins of the castle. Once 1 time to a greater extent than the tumble leafage is out too total thus cliched photography has total reign. Down below the castle I am delighted to let out the remnants of what must get got been quite a grand garden, too though non equally tended equally inward quondam times it is yet delightful due to the palette of colors.
By forthwith its approaching 9.30am too fourth dimension to caput dorsum over to the other banking enterprise of the river too accept a boat trip. The Kumagawa is classed equally 1 of the iii fastest rivers inward Japan.
Relatively speaking, all Japanese rivers are brusk too fast. Geologically the province is novel too thus fourth dimension too erosion get got non formed long, slow, broad rivers similar the Mississippi or the Nile, nor fifty-fifty similar the Thames.
On the Kumagawa around Hitoyoshi at that spot are 2 boat ride options, the gentle course, too the wild course.
The gentle course of didactics begins inward the town too goes downstream to Watari. The wild course of didactics begins at Watari but does non last inward the wintertime months. The boats are traditional cedar river boats alongside 2 boatmen, 1 at the bow too 1 at the stern.
We passengers sat cross legged. It was a windy twenty-four hr menstruum but the 2 hr boat trip was pleasant enough. At times the H2O was a lilliputian deeper too dull too thus the boat was poled, too at other times it was fast too noisy equally it rushed over the rocks, but non plenty to telephone phone it whitewater.
There was plenty of plane life, ducks, in all probability wintering hither from Siberia, herons, egrets, cormorants, overhead kites. After getting off the boat nosotros were brought dorsum into Hitoyoshi yesteryear shuttle charabanc too I headed due north out of town to the adjacent pilgrimage temple, #52 Takatera-in.
It didn't accept long to exit of the town into the countryside, too away from the river the current of air was negligible. It was a pleasant, warm, sunny afternoon equally I arrived at the temple.
The temple itself is unremarkable, though it has several statues of Bishamonten that are registered equally cultural assets, but they are "hidden" from world view.
I climb the old, worn path to the top of the colina to the Okuin, the "inner hall" where the statues would get got been earlier forthwith beingness stored inward the treasure house.
Leaving the temple I halt yesteryear the hamlet shrine which is surrounded yesteryear scaffolding equally it has a ready spanking novel roof of thick thatch.
It's overnice to meet thatch yet beingness used. I caput dorsum into town the agency I came too and then caput out W of town to some hills on top of which is the adjacent temple, #53 Kanrenji.
It was the nearly impressive of all the temples I visited that day, to a greater extent than buildings too statuary, made ameliorate yesteryear the tardily afternoon light, horizontal golden shafts articulating everything alongside deep shadows.
My road dorsum to my room passed correct yesteryear the Aoi Aso Shrine 1 time to a greater extent than thus I stopped inward for some to a greater extent than quick photos earlier the lite disappeared completely.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 41
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