Saturday, November 21, 2009

Kinugawa Onsen Tour (Part 5) / 鬼怒川温泉旅行 (パート5)

Waiting for the tram as we say good-bye to Monkey Mountain.

ロープウェイ待ちでおさるの山を去る(ダジャレって悪いのか?)


Off the mountain we go.

山を降りる。


Once we were down the mountain, we went to a little shop that kindly watched our luggage. The shop also featured a small fishing pond so we tried our hand at catching some trout. Unfortunately, Yukio, Reiko and I couldn't make a single catch.

山降りたら、親切に私たちの荷物を預かってくれた店に戻り、そこの店の味噌だんごを食べた。店の外に小さな釣り堀があって、僕はそれに初挑戦。一匹も釣れなかった。ま~、幸男とレイコも釣れなかったし、私たちはちょっと悔しかった。


Trying to catch trout in the tiny fish pond.

鱒を頑張って釣ろうとしてる。


Dango


団子







The Fish Pond / 釣り堀


Then it was time to finish our tour of the bridges.

そろそろ他の二つの橋に行ってみないっと。


Standing Kinuta / 鬼怒太 「立鬼(りつき)」


View of Tateiwa Bridge / 立岩橋


Kinugawa River / 鬼怒川




Heading to our last bridge.

最後の橋を目指す。


View of Kinutateiwao Suspension Bridge / 鬼怒楯岩大吊橋


Another view of the river.

鬼怒川の景色。


More views of the bridge.

いろんな角度から見た鬼怒楯岩大吊橋。








The following pictures of the Kinugawa River were taken from the standing in the middle of the bridge.

下記の鬼怒川の写真は橋の真ん中から撮ったもの。











Looks like somebody has a major fear of heights.



We finally visited the last Kinuta as well.

最後の鬼怒太も会った。


Standing Kinuta / 鬼怒太 「楯鬼(たておに)」

Once we crossed the bridge, there was a sign pointing to a waterfall viewpoint and an observation viewpoint. Both were only 5 minutes walking distance. By this time, we figured it was too late to head to the Tobu World Square and enjoy it so we opted to check out the observation deck.

橋を渡ったら、滝と展望台に行けるサインがあった。両方は徒歩で5分位。今日は東武ワールドスクェアを諦めて、展望台を目指した。


Looking back at the bridge as we make our way to the observation deck.

展望台目指す途中に振り返って見た鬼怒楯岩大吊橋。


We had to walk through this tunnel to get to the observation deck.

このトネルの向こうに展望台がある。



Inside the tunnel.

トネルの中。


Oh no! More climbing!! But before we made our way to the observation deck, we checked out the small shrine called the "Tateiwa Kinu Hime Shrine".

うわ~ また登りだ!! でもその前に「楯岩鬼怒姫神社」にお参りする。








Video clip taken from the top of the observation deck.




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